Karl Nikolas Fraas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karl Nikolas Fraas

German botanist and university professor

Date of Birth: 06-Sep-1810

Place of Birth: Rattelsdorf, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 10-Nov-1875

Profession: chemist, university teacher, botanist, agrarian historian

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Karl Nikolas Fraas (8 September 1810 – 9 November 1875), German botanist and agriculturist, was born at Rattelsdorf, near Bamberg. After receiving his preliminary education at the gymnasium of Bamberg, he in 1830 entered the University of Munich, where he took his doctor's degree in 1834.
Having devoted great attention to the study of botany, he went to Athens in 1835 as inspector of the court garden; and in April 1836 he became professor of botany at the university.
In 1842 he returned to Germany and became teacher at the central agricultural school at Schleißheim.
In 1847 he was appointed professor of agriculture at Munich, and in 1851 director of the central veterinary college.
For many years he was secretary of the Agricultural Society of Bavaria, but resigned in 1861.
He died at his estate of Neufreimann, near Munich.