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Friedrich Wilms
Friedrich Wilms (19 April 1848 Münster, Westphalia - 2 March 1919 Berlin-Steglitz), was a German apothecary, botanical collector and traveller.
Wilms voyaged to South Africa on the same boat as Bachmann, arriving in Cape Town on 4 July 1883. Bachmann disembarked and Wilms sailed on to Durban. He travelled by train to Pietermaritzburg where he started collecting. From here he made use of an ox-wagon to get to Greytown and northwest to Ladysmith, crossing the Natal Drakensberg at Laing's Nek
Robert Friedrich Wilms
Robert Friedrich Wilms (9 September 1824 – 23 September 1880) was a German surgeon.
Wilms was born in Arnswalde (today Choszczno in Poland). He studied medicine in Berlin, and in 1848 became an assistant at the Bethanien Hospital in Berlin. In 1852 he was named an "ordinirenden" physician and from 1862 onward, he served as "Chefarzt" (chief physician) at Bethanien Hospital. Wilms was a catalyst in establishing Bethanien Hospital as a center of learning for students and young surgical