Augusto Weberbauer (birth name "August" – Breslau, 20 November 1871 – died in

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of t ...

, 1948) was a German naturalist, botanist and university professor. He conducted systematic exploration of Peru in search of new plant species. Weberbauer received his PhD in botany at the

University of Breslau A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which ...

(1894), continued his studies in natural sciences at universities in Heidelberg and Berlin. He taught at the University of Breslau. He was commissioned by the Royal Academy of Sciences in

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to develop botanical research in Peru (1901). In 1905, he delivered 5200 species of seagrass which he had collected in Peru. The Peruvian government hired him to develop the Zoo and Botanical Garden in 1908. He received the degree of Doctor of Science at the

National University of San Marcos The National University of San Marcos ( es, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, link=no, UNMSM) is a public research university located in Lima, the capital of Peru. It is considered the most important, recognized and representative educ ...

in 1922. He taught here as professor of pharmaceutical chemistry (1923–48) and Systematic Botany (1925–48), as well as directing the Botany Seminar (1935-1948). The wild potato species, ''S. neoweberbaueri'', collected by Weberbauer on

Morro Solar Morro Solar (''morro'' in Spanish language, Spanish means: a rounded promontory) is a headland, situated in the district of Chorrillos District, Chorrillos, to the south of Lima, Peru. Morro Solar is notable for being a site of the Battle of San J ...

, was named by

Ludwig Wittmack Carl Ludwig Max Wittmack (26 September 1839 in Hamburg – 2 February 1929 in Berlin) was a German botanist. Wittmack studied botany at the University of Jena (1864) and at the University of Berlin (1865). He received his doctorate degree i ...

in 1914. He taught at the

Deutsche Schule Lima Alexander von Humboldt ''Deutsche Schule Alexander von Humboldt Lima'' ( es, Colegio Peruano Alemán Alexander von Humboldt) is a German international school with two campuses in Lima, Peru: one in Miraflores and one in Surco, with a recreational centre in Huampaní ...

.Novak, Fabián. ''Las relaciones entre el Perú y Alemania, 1828-2003'' (Serie Política exterior peruana). Fondo Editorial PUCP, 2004. , 9789972426346. p
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weberbauer, Augusto 1871 births 1948 deaths Scientists from Wrocław 20th-century German botanists Peruvian botanists University of Breslau alumni University of Breslau faculty National University of San Marcos alumni National University of San Marcos faculty People from the Province of Silesia German expatriates in Peru

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