Hubert Leitgeb (botanist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hubert Leitgeb (botanist)

Austrian botanist

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1835

Place of Birth: Magdalensberg, Carinthia, Austria

Date of Death: 05-Apr-1888

Profession: politician, botanist, bryologist, pteridologist

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Hubert Leitgeb (13 October 1835 – 5 April 1888) was an Austrian botanist born in Portendorf, a village in Carinthia. He studied sciences at the University of Graz, afterwards working as a teacher of natural history at gymnasiums in Celje, Görz, Linz and Graz.
In 1867 he obtained his habilitation, followed by an associate professorship at Graz during the following year.
In 1869 he became a full professor at the University of Graz, where in 1873, he was appointed director of the botanical garden.
In 1884/85 he served as university rector.Known for his work in the fields of plant anatomy and morphology, he was interested in a plants' inner workings and the interaction between its different components.
His wide-ranging research included studies on the embryology and developmental biology of ferns, and investigations involving the physiology of a plants' stomatal apparatus, to name a couple.
Among his written efforts was a six-part treatise on liverworts, titled Untersuchungen ueber die Lebermoose.In 1887 he became a full member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences.



Description	Austrian painter and photographer
Date of birth/death	16 August 1834	24 March 1902
Location of birth/death	Pressburg / Bratislava / Pozsony	Vienna
Work period	1856 - 1902
Work location	Vienna, Baden
Authority control	: Q1705180 VIAF: 54450189 ISNI: 0000 0000 5524 6105 LCCN: nr2004027766 GND: 123468914 SUDOC: 193830329 WorldCat