David Nathaniel Friedrich Dietrich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

David Nathaniel Friedrich Dietrich

German botanist

Date of Birth: 03-Oct-1800

Place of Birth: Ziegenhain, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 22-Dec-1888

Profession: artist, botanist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

David Nathaniel Friedrich Dietrich (October 3, 1800 – December 23, 1888) was German botanist and gardener. Dietrich's birth year is listed as 1799 and 1800.
He was born in Ziegenhain.
In 1828 Dietrich worked as a botanical gardener in Jena.
In 1836 he received his doctorate at the University of Jena, and later served as a curator at the botanical garden in Jena. He was the nephew of the botanist Friedrich Gottlieb Dietrich (1765-1850). Dietrich wrote pamphlets on poisonous plants, mosses, and forest flora and fauna of Germany as well as several botanical encyclopedias.
His five-volume, 1839-1852 Synopsis Plantarum included about 80,000 species and 524 genera.
The five-volume Flora of Germany published from 1833 to 1864 contains 1150 colored panels.
The two-volume Forst Flora and the 476 booklets of the comprehensive Flora Universalis are his most famous work.