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Carl Eduard (Carl) Cramer

1831–1901

Swiss botanist. Studied at Zurich and Freiburg im Breisgau with C. W. von Nägeli; DPhil., 1855. Lecturer in botany, Zurich, 1857; professor, 1861–1901. Director of the university botanic gardens, Zurich, 1882–93. Worked on the genealogy and growth of plant cells as well as on bacteriology and mycology.

Source

NDB

Bibliography

NDB: Neue deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 27 vols. (A–Wettiner) to date. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 1953–.

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