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Botanist gardener

Heinrich Ludolph Wendland was a botanist who authored a number of Acacia species.

Background

Heinrich Wendland was born on 29 April 1791 into a family well known in botany. His father Johann had published a number of botanical books including the notable "Botanische Beobachtungen nebst einigen neuen Gattungen und Arten".

Education

University of Göttingen.

Career

Heinrich studied in Göttingen after some years of apprenticeship in Vienna and London. He became a gartenmeister in 1827 and later was director of Herrenhausen Gardens at Herrenhausen, today part of Hanover. In 1820 he published "Commentatio de Acacias aphyllii", in which he authored a number of new Acacia species.

He died in Teplice, Bohemia on 15 July 1869.

Membership

Corps Hannovera Göttingen.