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Edmund Russow

Edmund Russow

Baltic German biologist

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Edmund August Friedrich Russow (Russian: Эдму́нд Фридрихович Ру́ссов, romanized: Èdmúnd Fridrichovič Rússov; 24 February [O.S. 12] 1841 – 11 April [O.S. 30 March] 1897) was a Baltic German biologist.

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Academic career

The son of a military engineer, Edmund Russow studied at the Universities of Dorpat (now Tartu, Tartu County, Estonia) and Berlin. In 1867, he became an associate professor at Dorpat, where from 1874 to 1897, he served as a full professor. In 1895-97, he was president of the Estonian Naturalists' Society. Russow was at the forefront of nature conservation in Estonia, and associated with the work of Hugo Conwentz (1865-1922), a founder of nature conservation efforts throughout Europe.

Botanical work

Russow was an authority on Sphagnaceae (sphagnum mosses)[1] and remembered for his research in plant anatomy and histology, in particular studies of the plant family Marsileaceae (aquatic and semi-aquatic ferns).[2] The plant genus Russowia is named in his honor,[3] as is Sphagnum russowii (Russow's sphagnum).

Written works

The standard author abbreviation Russow is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Botanical Gazette, Volume 24 By John Merle Coulter, et al
  2. [2]
    Google Books, Marsileaceae
  3. [3]
    CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, by Umberto Quattrocchi
  4. [4]
    Open Library, authors
  5. [5]
    International Plant Names Index.  Russow.
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