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Alwin Berger

1871 - 1931

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Alwin Berger (28 August 1871 – 20 April 1931) was a German botanist best known for his contribution to the nomenclature of succulent plants, particularly agaves and cacti. Born in Germany he worked at the botanical gardens in Dresden and Frankfurt. From 1897 to 1914, he was curator of the Giardini Botanici Hanbury, the botanical gardens of Sir Thomas Hanbury at La Mortola, near Ventimiglia in northwestern Italy, close to the border with France. After working in Germany from 1914 to 1919, Berger studied in the United States for three years, before spending his final years as director of the department of botany of the natural history museum in Stuttgart His main work, Die Agaven, published in 1915, described 274 species of agave, divided into 3 subgenera, Littaea, Euagave and Manfreda. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alwin Berger is the 567th most popular biologist (down from 439th in 2019), the 3,513th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,277th in 2019) and the 112th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Alwin Berger ranks 567 out of 1,097. Before him are Agostino Bassi, Johann Friedrich Naumann, Karl Möbius, Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure, Wilhem de Haan, and Alfred Newton. After him are Henri Cassini, Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, Franz Xaver von Wulfen, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner, Edmond Albius, and Kristine Bonnevie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Alwin Berger ranks 99. Before him are Joe Roberts, Nils Edén, Abanindranath Tagore, Alexander Spendiaryan, Segundo de Chomón, and Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius. After him are Gino Fano, Arthur Wynne, Daniel Alomía Robles, Doppo Kunikida, Fritz Schaudinn, and José Enrique Rodó. Among people deceased in 1931, Alwin Berger ranks 84. Before him are Bix Beiderbecke, Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia, Louis Dollo, Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, and James Neill. After him are Jacques Herbrand, Selma Rıza, Mammad Hasan Hajinski, Teresa Claramunt Creus, Tommaso Tittoni, and Buddy Bolden.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alwin Berger ranks 3,515 out of 7,253. Before him are Franz Kaiser (1891), Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1373), Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (1715), Franz Nissl (1860), Klaus Toppmöller (1951), and Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1846). After him are Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1619), Wilhelm von Bode (1845), Hans Jordan (1892), Eugen Langen (1833), Gottfried Heinrich Bach (1724), and Rainer Woelki (1956).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Alwin Berger ranks 112. Before him are Rolf Singer (1906), Emilie Snethlage (1868), Carl Ludwig Koch (1778), Ludwig Diels (1874), Johann Friedrich Naumann (1780), and Karl Möbius (1825). After him are Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798), Karl Friedrich von Gaertner (1772), Georg von Langsdorff (1774), August W. Eichler (1839), Rudolf Schlechter (1872), and Johann Jakob Kaup (1803).

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