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Johannes Reinke

1849–1931

German botanist. Studied at Rostock, Bonn, Berlin, and Würzburg; DPhil., Rostock, 1871. Professor extraordinarius, botany and biology, Göttingen, 1873; professor, 1879. Professor of botany, Kiel, 1885. Leading member of the Keplerbund, an anti-monist organisation, and opponent of evolutionary theory.

Sources

BHGW

DBE

Bibliography

BHGW: Biographisch-literarisches Handwörterbuch zur Geschichte der exacten Wissenschaften enthaltend Nachweisung über Lebensverhältnisse und Leistungen von Mathematikern, Astronomen, Physikern, Chemikern, Mineralogen, Geologen usw. By Johann Christian Poggendorff. 5 vols. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth; Verlag Chemie. 1863–1926.

DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.

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