Christian Friedrich Lessing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Christian Friedrich Lessing

German botanist (1809–1862)

Date of Birth: 10-Aug-1809

Place of Birth: Syców, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 13-Mar-1862

Profession: physician, botanist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Christian Friedrich Lessing (10 August 1809 – 13 March 1862) was a German botanist who was a native of Groß Wartenberg, Niederschlesien.
He was a brother to painter Carl Friedrich Lessing (1808–1880), and a grandnephew of poet Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781). Lessing was a botanical authority on the plant family Asteraceae, and in 1832 published an influential treatise on Asteraceae called Synopsis generum Compositarum.
He performed extensive botanical research in Siberia.
In 1862 he was buried in Trinity Cemetery, in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.
The plant genus Lessingia from the family Asteraceae is named in honor of Christian Friedrich, Karl Friedrich and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.