Georg August Pritzel (2 September 1815, Carolath – 14 June 1874) was a German librarian and

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writer. He studied in Breslau, graduating with a dissertation titled ''Anemonarum revisio''. In 1851 he began work as a ''Hülfsarbeiter'' at the royal library in Berlin, a post which eventually led to

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duties. From 1855 onwards, he served as

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at the

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Principal works

* ; first published in 1851, it contains literature from ancient times to his present. Research involved examination of 40,000 works in libraries at

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, London, Paris and various German locations. * ''Iconum Botanicarum index locupletissimus'' (1855-1866). * ''Die deutschen Volksnamen der Pflanzen'' (1884); (The German common names of plants), 24,000 plant names given. Completed by botanist Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Jessen (1821–1889), after Pritzel's death in 1874. The botanical genus '' Pritzelago'' from the family

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was named after him by

Otto Kuntze Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze (23 June 1843 – 27 January 1907) was a German botanist. Biography Otto Kuntze was born in Leipzig. An apothecary in his early career, he published an essay entitled ''Pocket Fauna of Leipzig''. Between 1863 and 1866 he ...

(1843-1907).Google Books
CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms ... by Umberto Quattrocchi

References

biography
@ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie {{DEFAULTSORT:Pritzel, Georg August 1815 births 1874 deaths People from Nowa Sól 19th-century German botanists German librarians German archivists