C
CARIO, Oscar Richard 1856 - 1928
born: Nordhausen died: Göttingen
Studied in Göttingen. Collected specimens in Guatemala together with BERNOULLI (1877 / 78). Dr. phil. Göttingen 1880/81; 1883-85 assistant at the Botanical Garden in Göttingen.Dr. med. Göttingen 1888. Practised as a doctor in Göttingen.
Biography: In the dissertation: "Anatomische Untersuchungen an Tristichia hypnoides
Spreng." Ph.D dissertation Göttingen (1881).
WAGENITZ 1988: 40.
Herbarium: BAS (and K)
GOET: Guatemala, see also BERNOULLI, K. G.
CARREIRO, Bruno Silvano Tavares 1857 - 1911
died: Sào Miguel, Azores
GOET: Portugal, 1881 (Hb. Pae., Roth).
CARRINGTON, Benjamin 1827 - 1893
born: Lincoln died: Brighton, Sussex
Doctor in Radcliffe, Lincoln, Yeadon, Southport and Eccles. Bryologist (esp. Hepaticae). Travelled around Ireland (1861).
Biography: J. Bot., London 31: 129 - 122. 1893.
DESMOND 1977.
Herbarium: MANCH
GOET: Bryophytes, ca. 45 Nr. in RABENHORST, Bryotheca and Hepaticae (Ireland,
England).
CASSEBEER, Johann Heinrich 1784 - 1850
born: Gelnhausen died: Bieber
Studied pharmacology in several universities including Berlin. Took over the family pharmacy in Gelnhausen in 1806. Later worked as pharmacist in Bieber (Spessart). Temporary mayor of Gelnhausen and member of local parliament in Kassel. Botanist (esp. bryologist). 1827 Dr. h.c. of the University of Marburg.
Biography: Jahresber. Wetterau. Ges. ges. Naturk. 1847/50: 79 - 85. 1860.
Natur und Museum 99: 341 - 351. 1969.
DAB 1: 101 - 102. 1975.
FRAHM & EGGERS 2001: 67 - 68.
D. MOLLENHAUER 2001: Dr. pharm. Johann Heinrich Cassebeer 1784-1850. Ein Zeit- und Lebensbild. Biebergemünd.
Herbarium: Most of the collection in Hanau was destroyed; the rest is possibly in FR.
GOET: Bryophytes: "Wetterauische Laubmoose" Nr. 1-70 (”1. – 7. Dekurie”) present
in GOET (1814 - 41).
CESATI, Vincenzo, Barone de 1806 - 1883
born: Milan (Milano) died: Naples (Vercelli ?)
Studied in Vienna (Natural sciences and Law). Civil servant before working in the Collegium Nacionale in Vercelli. Prof. of botany and director of the botanical gardens in Naples from 1868. Botanist (flora, esp. crypotgams).
Biography: Rev. Mycol. 5: 77 - 82. 1883.
Atti Reale Accad. Lincei, ser. III. Transunti 7: 160 - 162. 1883.
Mem. Mat. Fis. Soc. Ital. Sci. ser. III. 6: CI - CVII. 1887.
Diz. Biogr. Ital. 24: 231 - 233. 1908.
Herbarium: RO
GOET: Italy "pl. Ital. bor. Ed. HOHENACKER" (Hb. Gris.).
CHAMISSO, Ludolf Adelbert von
(Louis Charles Adélaide CHAMISSEAU de BONCOURT) 1781 - 1838
born: Castle Boncourt (France) died: Berlin
Botanist and poet ("Peter Schlemihl"). Prussian lieutenant 1801 - 07. Studied in Berlin. Sailed around the world on the "Rurik" under O. von KOTZEBUE (1815 - 18). Assistant at, and curator of the botanical gardens (herbarium) in Berlin (1819 – 33 and 1833 – 38 respectively).
Biography: Linnaea 13: 93 - 112. 1839.
Verh. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenburg 23, Sitz. - Ber.: 1 - 6. 1881
Beih. Bot. Cbl. 36, II: 270 - 306. 1918.
SCHMID, G. 1942: Chamisso als Naturforscher. Leipzig.
Wiss. Z. Martin - Luther - Univ. Halle, Math. - Nat. R. 4: 137 - 152. 1954.
Candollea 29: 215 - 216. 1974.
Englera 1: 1979.
SCHNEEBELI-GRAF, R. (Edit.) 1983: Adelbert von Chamisso ....und lassen
gelten, was ich beobachtet habe. Naturwissenschaftliche Schriften. – Berlin.
(a selection of his publications on natural history).
Herbarium: LE
GOET: Lichens: 33 Nr. Brasilian, Arctic, East Asia, Phanerogams; a few specimens.
CHAPMAN, Alwin (Alvan) Wentworth 1809 - 1899
born: Southampton, Mass. died: Apalachicola, Florida
American doctor and botanist. Edited the "Flora of the southern United States." (1st - 3rd editions 1860 - 1897).
Biography: Bot. Gaz. 27: 473 - 478. 1899.
Symb. Ant. 3: 31. 1902.
J. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 22: 1 - 12- 1921.
HUMPHREY 1961.
Herbarium: NY, US
GOET: Florida (Hb. Gris).
CHENEVARD, Paul 1839 - 1919
born and died in Geneva.
Business owner in Geneva. Botanist, research interests included the flora of Tessin (Switz.) and the Alps (Bergamasker Alpen).
Biography: Verh. Schweiz. Natuf. Ges. 101, Nekr.: 7 - 12. 1920.
Annu. Cons. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 457 - 472. 1922.
BRIQUET 1940.
Herbarium: G
GOET: Switzerland: Geneva, Wallis (Hb. Pet., Vo.).
CHEVALIER, Étienne (Abbé) 1826 - 1914
born: Crest - Voland (Savoie)
French priest and teacher of natural history in Roche and Annecy (as well as in other areas).
Biography: Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 10: 674. 1867.
Dict. Biogr. Franc. 8: 1058. 1959.
Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 108, Sess. Extraord.: 116. 1962.
Herbarium: G (see also Saussurea 12: 117 - 118. 1981)
GOET: French west Alps, 1862 - 67.
CHEVALLIER, Louis Pierre Désiré 1852 - 1938
born: Précigné (Sarthe) died: Précigné
French clergyman and botanist. Explored the Algerian Sahara.
Biography: Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 30: 35 - 37. 1939.
GOET: France, a few specimens in "Soc. Dauphinoise"". Algerian, 1896 - 99 (Hb.
Vo.): "Flora Algeriensis selecta", "Pl. Saharae alger."
CLINTON, George William 1807 - 1885
born: New York died: Albany
Studied medicine, botany and law. Worked as lawyer from 1836, and most importantly as judge in Buffalo. Plant collector.
Biography: Amer.J. Sci. ser. 3. 31: 17 - 20. 1885.
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 12: 103 - 106. 1885.
Herbarium: BUF (?)
GOET: USA, surrounds of Buffalo, New York (Hb. Pae.).
CORBIÈRE, Louis 1850 - 1941
born: Champsecret (Orne) died: Cherbourg
Grammar school teacher in Argentan and Cherbourg. Botanist: Flora of Normandy. Also bryologist and mycologist.
Biography: Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie sér. 9. 2: 93 - 97. 1942.
Herbarium: CHE
GOET: Bryophytes, NW France "Plantae Galliae Bor. - Occid." ca. 1884 - 88 (Hb. Schell.,
Vo.), also a few Phanerogams.
CORRENS Carl Erich 1864 - 1933
born: Munich died: Berlin
Botanist and geneticist. Prof. in Leipzig and Munich. Director of the "Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Biologie" in Berlin-Dahlem from 1914. One of the three who rediscovered Mendel's laws of genetics.
Biography: Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 56: (140) - (160). 1939.
Z. Ind. Abst. u. Vererb. lehre 76: 1-10. 1939.
STUBBE 1965, Kurze Geschichte der Genetik. 2nd Ed. 223 ff.
FRAHM & EGGERS 2001: 71-72.
Herbarium: M
GOET: Phanerogams: Austria (Hb. Vo.). Bryophytes: Germany, Switzerland (Hb.
Eib.).
COSSON, Ernst Saint - Charles 1819 - 1889
born and died in Paris.
Botanist, worked on the flora in areas surrounding Paris and of North Africa. Owner of a very important herbarium.
Biography: COSSON 1881: 27 - 33.
Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 37: 9 - 11, LXV - LXXXI. 1890.
Ann. Bot., London 3: 456 - 462. 1890.
Herbarium: P
GOET: A few specimens (Hb. Gris., Vo.) France, Algeria, Marocco.
CRÜGER, Hermann 1818 - 1864
born: Hamburg died: San Fernando (Trinidad)
Pharmacist and botanist. Director of the botanical gardens in Port Spain (Trinidad) from 1857. Moved to Trinidad in 1841.
Biography: Bot. Zeitung 22: 119 - 120. 1864.
Symb. Ant. 3: 33 - 34. 1902.
Herbarium: TRIN, Hep. in B (†)
GOET: Trinidad (Hb. Gris.).
CSATÓ, János (Johann von) 1832 (1833 ?) - 1913
born: Alvinc (oder Nagyenyed ?) died: Nagyenyed [Aiud]
Member of the Council of the Comitat Alsó - Fehér. Florist.
Biography: ASCH. & GR. 4: 521. 1911.
Mag. Bot. Lap. 12: 361. 1914.
GRUMMANN 1974.
Herbarium: BP
GOET: A few specimens from Siebenbürgen (Roumania), 1878 (Hb. Pae., Vo.).
CULMANN, Paul 1860 - 1936
born: Zurich died: Paris
Physicist (especially optics). Held several positions including prof. at the Technical College in Winterthur and employee at a branch of C. Zeiss in Paris. Bryologist, collected from several areas including France and Switzerland.
Biography: Rev. Bryol. Lich. N.S. 10: 5 - 7. 1937.
Herbarium: Z
GOET: Bryophytes from Switzerland in VERDOORN, Hepaticae, also ex Hb. Vo.,
Schell. Phanerogams: A few specimens in Switzerland.
CUMING, Hugh 1791 - 1865
born: West-Alvington, Devonshire died: London
Begun as a sail maker, later became an important traveller and naturalist, collecting plants and animals (mainly conchylia) in South America, the Pacific Islands, and (1836-40) on the Philippines.
Biography: Symb. Ant. 3: 34-35. 1902.
Fl. Males. ser. I. 1: 120-122. 1950.
REINIKKA 1972: 141-144.
Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 19: 307-308. 1975.
DESMOND 1977.
J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Hist. 9: 477-501. 1980 (C. as prince of collectors).
Notes: On his collections compare: MIQUEL 1860, Flora 43: 416-448. 1860.
S. VIDAL y SOLER 1885: Phanerogamae Cumingianae philippinarum.
Manila (n.v.).
CUNNINGHAM, Allan 1791-1839
born: Wimbledon, Surrey died: Sydney
English plant collector for Kew Gardens, later colonial botanist in New South Wales,
superintendent of the Sydney Botanical Garden.
Biography: Hooker, J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 231-320. 1841.
London J. Bot. 1: 107-128, 263-292. 1842.
Fl. Males. ser. I. 1: 122-123. 1950.
McMINN 1970: Allan Cunningham, botanist and explorer. Melbourne.
DESMOND 1975.
Kew Mag. 5: 167-180. 1988.
Herbarium: K
GOET: Australia (New South Wales). ”Reliquiae Cunninghamianae” (Hb. Gris.).
CURNOW, William ca. 1809 - 1897
died: Newlyn, Cornwall
British gardener and bryologist.
Biography: DESMOND 1977.
GOET: Bryophytes, mostly from Cornwall, ca. 100 Nr. in RABENHORST,
Bryoth. & Hepat.
CZERMAK Jul.
See REINECK, E. M.