Karl Friedrich Schimper
1803–67
German natural historian. Studied theology and medicine in Heidelberg, 1822–7; Munich, 1827–9. Unable to find a regular academic post, he eventually settled in Schwetzingen in 1849. Worked in botany on phyllotaxy, in geology and meteorology on the concept of ice ages, and was a pioneer in palaeoclimatology.
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DBE
DSB.
Bibliography
DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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