Gustav Kunze
Deceased Person
1793 – 1851
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Who was Gustav Kunze?
Gustav Kunze 4 October 1793, Leipzig -30 April 1851, Leipzig was a German professor of zoology, an entomologist and botanist with an interest mainly in ferns and orchids.
Kunze joined the Wernerian Natural History Society in Edinburgh in 1817. He later became Zoology Professor at Leipzig University and in 1837 was appointed director of the Botanical Gardens in Leipzig. In 1851 he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
The plant genus Kunzea was named in his honour.
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