Carl Lebrecht Udo Dammer (born 8 January 1860 in

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, died 15 November 1920 in Großrambin near

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) was a German botanist. Dammer was also interested in

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. He was the son of Otto Dammer (1839–1916), an early advocate of the labor and

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movement in Germany. Udo Dammer studied natural sciences in Berlin, and worked at the Botanical Garden in

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from 1882 to 1886. Her earned in Ph.D. at the

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in 1888. From 1889, he worked at the Royal Botanical Museum in Berlin. Dammer founded and edited the journal ''Blätter für Pflanzenfreunde''.

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, ''Wissenschaftspopularisierung im 19. Jahrhundert: Bürgerliche Kultur, naturwissenschaftliche Bildung und die deutsche Öffentlichkeit, 1848–1914''. Munich: Oldenbourg, 1998, , pp. 207, 385, 389, 458, 483.

Work

* ''Handbuch für Pflanzensammler''. Stuttgart 1891. * ''Anleitung für Pflanzensammler''. Stuttgart 1894. * ''Zimmerblattpflanzen''. Berlin 1899. * ''Balkonpflanzen''. Berlin 1899. * ''Theorie der Gartenarbeiten''. Berlin 1899. * ''Nadelhölzer''. Berlin 1900. * ''Palmen''. Berlin 1900. * ''Unsere Blumen und Pflanzen im Garten''. Leipzig 1912. * ''Schädlichen und der Essbar Taschenatlas Pilze''. Esslingen aN 1914. * ''Über die der Aufzucht Seidenspinners Raupe des ...'' . Frankfurt (Oder) 1915 * ''Wie wir ziehen Gemüse am besten?'' Berlin 1916.

Honours

Named in his honor: * Gender ** ''Dammeria'' K. Schum. & Lauterbad. in the family Arecaceae * species ** '' Dammeri'' is a specific epithet that refers to Carl Lebrecht Udo Dammer

References

* Groll, E. K. (Hrsg.): Biografien der Entomologen der Welt: Datenbank. Version 4.15: Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, 201

External links

* German entomologists 1860 births 1920 deaths 19th-century German botanists 20th-century German botanists {{Germany-botanist-stub