Dieter Carl Wasshausen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Dieter Carl Wasshausen

German botanist

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1938

Place of Birth: Jena, Thuringia, Germany

Profession: botanist

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Dieter Carl Wasshausen (born 15 April 1938 in Jena, Germany) is an American botanist specialized in Spermatophytes. In 1962 he started working at the Smithsonian Institution as a technician.
In 1976 he became chairman of the Botany Department, a post he held until 1982 He studied at the George Washington University receiving a PhD in 1972.
Wasshausen has described approximately 247 new species in various families, and five new species have been named for him.