Hans Hermann Behr

Hans Hermann Behr ( born August 18, 1818 in Köthen (Anhalt), † March 6, 1904 in San Francisco; Hans Herman Behr ) was a German physician, botanist and entomologist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Behr ".

Life

Behr studied medicine in Halle and Berlin. There he received his doctorate in 1843 and then went on extensive research trips to Australia, Asia and Africa, which continued until 1845. Behr collected there previously unknown plants and insects, and led them to the categorization.

Because of his participation in the revolution of 1848 he had his Prussian home in the same year rushed to leave. First, he returned to Australia before he emigrated to the USA in 1850. He practiced first as a doctor in San Francisco and taught as a professor of botany at the local California College of Pharmacy, whose vice-president he rose from 1887 to 1888. Later Behr procurator of the Academy of Sciences .. 1894 he became Professor Emeritus.

Hans Behr came as a poet and novelist in appearance. In San Francisco, the Hermann H. Behr Avenue is named after him.

Since 1839 he was a member of that Corps Marchia hall and Moenania.