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Schmidt, Johann Anton (1823-1905)

Date Updated: 19 April 2013

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Johann Anton
Last name
Schmidt
Initials
J.A.
Life Dates
1823 - 1905
Collecting Dates
1848 - 1891
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
HBG (main), AWH (currently BR), B, BR, C, E, FI, FR, G, GOET, K, KIEL, L, LE, MB, MO, OXF, PR, PRC, W
Countries
West African Islands: Cape VerdeEurope: Germany
Associate(s)
Döllinger, Andreas (fl. 1822) (co-collector)
Biography
German botanist from Hamburg who trained at the University of Heidelberg (1848-1849) and subsequently (1849-1850) at the University of Göttingen (Dr. phil., 1850). He made an important expedition to the Cape Verde Islands (1851-1852) where he collected a number of new taxa. Returning to Germany, he made his living as a lecturer in Heidelberg (1852-1863), and wrote a local flora of the region. Schmidt later moved to Hamburg, where he was a private scholar (1863-1904), and eventually died at Elberfeld near Hamburg. He should not be confused with several similarly named plant collectors and other botanists. Specimens commonly attributed to him from Senegal (1821-1822) and distributed by F.W. Sieber must have been made by another J. Schmidt.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 570; Chaudhri, M.N., Vegter, H.I. & de Bary, H.A., Index Herb. Coll. I-L (1972): 376; Hepper, F.N. & Neate, F., Pl. Collectors W. Africa (1971): 73, 74; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. S (1986): 846, 890;
Schmidt, Johann Anton (1823-1905)
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