Jacob Utsch (8 September 1824,

Erndtebrück Erndtebrück is a municipality in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Location Erndtebrück situated on the river Eder in the Rothaargebirge, approx. 20 km northeast of Siegen. Neighbouring com ...

– 3 August 1901,

Freudenberg Freudenberg can refer to: Companies * Freudenberg Group, a German family-owned diversified group of companies Places France * Freudenberg, Moselle, a village in the French département of Moselle (department), Moselle Germany * Schloss Freuden ...

) was a German physician and

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

, who specialized in the plant genus ''

Rubus ''Rubus'' is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae, most commonly known as brambles. Fruits of various species are known as raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, and bristleberries. ...

''. He studied medicine at the Universities of

Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...

Marburg Marburg (; ) is a college town, university town in the States of Germany, German federal state () of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf Districts of Germany, district (). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has ...

, Halle and

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, obtaining his doctorate at the latter institution in 1849. From 1852 he practiced medicine in Freudenberg, where he later attained the title of ''Sanitätsrat''. As a botanist he collected specimens mainly in the vicinity of Freudenberg.Notizblätter des Königlichen Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin, Volume 7
edited by Königlicher Botanischer Garten Berlin In 1896 he published a work on ''Rubus'' hybrids titled '' Hybriden im Genus Rubus''.Europeana
Hybriden im Genus Rubus He is also known for his treatment of the genus ''Rubus'' in

Konrad Beckhaus Konrad Friedrich Ludwig Beckhaus (18 August 1821, Lingen – 13 August 1890, Höxter) was a German Protestant clergyman and botanist. He studied theology in Halle, Tübingen and Berlin, subsequently becoming a ''Hilfsprediger'' (curate) in the ci ...

's comprehensive ''Flora von Westfalen'' ("Flora of

Westphalia Westphalia (; ; ) is a region of northwestern Germany and one of the three historic parts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has an area of and 7.9 million inhabitants. The territory of the region is almost identical with the h ...

", 1893).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Utsch, Jacob 1824 births 1901 deaths People from Siegen-Wittgenstein University of Bonn alumni University of Marburg alumni University of Halle alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni 19th-century German botanists Botanists from the Kingdom of Prussia Prussian physicians 19th-century German physicians