Heinrich Wawra, Ritter von Fernsee
1832–87
Austrian botanist and physician. Studied medicine at Vienna from 1849; became a doctor with the Austrian navy,1855. Collected plants on several Austrian naval expeditions, notably in Brazil, Mexico, and East Asia. Left the navy in 1878, when he accompanied the Saxe-Coburg expedition to Brazil.
Source
DBE.
Bibliography
DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.
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