Karl Andreas Geyer [SEP] place of birth
Karl Andreas Geyer
Karl (Charles) Andreas Geyer (30 November 1809 – 21 November 1853) was a German botanist who was a native of Dresden.
Biography.
As a teenager, Geyer worked as an apprentice-gardener in Zabeltitz, and in 1830 became an assistant at the botanical gardens in Dresden. From 1835 to 1844 he performed botanical studies on several expeditions within the United States. In 1838-40 he worked as a botanist in the Upper Midwest for geographer Joseph Nicollet (1786-1843),
Carl Geyer
Carl Geyer (1796–1841) was a German entomologist who wrote and illustrated various supplements to Jacob Hübner's works on Lepidoptera.
Carl Geyer was by profession an artist. He is not to be confused with Karl Andreas Geyer (1809–1853), a botanist and plant collector.
References.
- Evenhuis, N. L. 1997 "Litteratura taxonomica dipterorum" (1758–1930). Volume 1 (A-K); Volume 2 (L-Z). Leiden, Backhuys Publishers.
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