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Straka, Herbert Karl was born on July 14, 1920 in Brünn, Moravia. Son of Rudolf and Gisela (Petsch) Straka.
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Herbert Karl Straka
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Herbert Karl Straka, German botany educator. Named Chevalier Order National Malgache, Antananarivo, 1987. Member Swedish Society Plant Geography (correspondent member), Madagascan Academy (correspondent member), Sudeto-Germany Academy, New York Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences Outre-Mer (Paris), Czech Botanical Society (honorary).
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, University Bonn., Germany, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Rennes, France, 1973.
Career
Assistant, U. Kiel, Federal Republic Germany, 1951-1954; docent, U. Kiel, Federal Republic Germany, 1954-1960; professor botany, U. Kiel, Federal Republic Germany, since 1960.
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Member Swedish Society Plant Geography (correspondent member), Madagascan Academy (correspondent member), Sudeto-Germany Academy, New York Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences Outre-Mer (Paris), Czech Botanical Society (honorary).
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Married Gertrud Ketzler, December 19, 1951.
