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Heinrich August Ludwig Wiggers

Heinrich August Ludwig Wiggers

German pharmacist, chemist and botanist (1803–1880)


Heinrich August Ludwig Wiggers (12 June 1803 13 February 1880) was a German pharmacist, chemist and botanist born in Altenhagen (today part of the city of Springe).

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Trained as a pharmacist, in 1827 he relocated to the University of Göttingen, where he served as a laboratory assistant under chemist Friedrich Stromeyer (1776–1835), and later as an assistant to Friedrich Wöhler (1800–1882) until 1849.

In the meantime he earned his doctorate in 1835, later becoming a private lecturer (1837) and an associate professor of pharmacy (1848) at the university. From 1836 to 1850 he served as deputy inspector-general, later associate inspector-general, of all pharmacies in the Kingdom of Hanover (after 1860 this included the Principality of Lippe).

Selected writings


References

  1. WorldCat Identities (publications)
  2. International Plant Names Index.  A.Wigg.



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