Carl Traugott Beilschmied, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Carl Traugott Beilschmied

German botanist and pharmacist (1793–1848)

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1793

Place of Birth: Gmina Olszyna, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 06-May-1848

Profession: pharmacist, botanist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Carl Traugott Beilschmied (19 October 1793 in Langenöls – 6 May 1848 in Herrnstadt) was a German pharmacist and botanist, known for his research in phytogeography. Prior to 1820, he trained and worked in pharmacies in Beuthen, Breslau and Berlin.
He then studied at the University of Bonn, where he came under the influence of Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck.
In 1822 he began work as a provisor at a pharmacy in Ohlau, becoming its manager in 1826.
In 1837 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Breslau, and during the following year, became a member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina.As a taxonomist he described several botanical subfamilies.
The genus Beilschmiedia was named in his honour by Nees von Esenbeck.