Emil Otto Oskar von Kirchner (15 September 1851, in Breslau – 25 April 1925, in Venice) was a German botanist and agronomist.
He studied botany at the University of Breslau, receiving his doctorate in 1873 with a dissertation on the botanical writings of Theophrastus. After graduation, he worked as an assistant at the pomology institute of the agricultural academy in Proskau. From 1881 to 1917 he was a professor of botany at the Agricultural Academy in Hohenheim. [1]
The phycological genera; Kirchneria (in the family Polypodiopsida), [2] Kirchneriella (in the family Selenastraceae), Kirchneriellopsis [3] and Kirchneriellosaccus, [4] all commemorate his name. [5] [6]
Emil Otto Oskar von Kirchner (15 September 1851, in Breslau – 25 April 1925, in Venice) was a German botanist and agronomist.
He studied botany at the University of Breslau, receiving his doctorate in 1873 with a dissertation on the botanical writings of Theophrastus. After graduation, he worked as an assistant at the pomology institute of the agricultural academy in Proskau. From 1881 to 1917 he was a professor of botany at the Agricultural Academy in Hohenheim. [1]
The phycological genera; Kirchneria (in the family Polypodiopsida), [2] Kirchneriella (in the family Selenastraceae), Kirchneriellopsis [3] and Kirchneriellosaccus, [4] all commemorate his name. [5] [6]