Johann Heinrich Cotta, also Heinrich von Cotta, was a German silviculturist who was a native of Kleine Zillbach, near Wasungen, Thuringia. He was founder of the Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry, in Tharandt, and is known as a pioneer of scientific... Wikipedia
Born: October 30, 1763, Kleine Zillbach mit Heinrich Cotta Denkmal, Wahns, Germany
Died: October 25, 1844 (age 80 years), Tharandt, Germany
Children: Bernhard von Cotta