Helmut Lieth | |
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Born | |
Died | 16 April 2015 Steeg,
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | (aged 89)
Alma mater | University of Cologne |
Known for | Climate diagrams |
Spouse | Magdalena Roth |
Children | 4 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | phytogeography, ecology, botany |
Institutions | University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim, University of Hawaii, University of North Carolina, University of Osnabrück |
Thesis | (1953) |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Lieth |
Friedrich Heinrich Helmut Lieth ([1] [2]
16 December 1925 – 16 April 2015) was a German ecologist, botanist and phytogeographer.Lieth received his doctorate in Biology from the University of Cologne in 1953 and became a private lecturer at the University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim in 1960. He was then visiting professor in Venezuela and Colombia, professor of botany at the University of Hawaii and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From 1977 to 1992 he was a professor at the University of Osnabrück where he held the chair for ecology. [3]
Helmut Lieth married Magdalena Roth in 1952. The couple had a daughter and three sons. [3]
Lieth became widely known through the climate diagram world atlas published together with Heinrich Walter between 1960 and 1967. The descriptive form of climate display (the Walter-Lieth climate diagram ) conceived here received the highest international recognition.
Helmut Lieth | |
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Born | |
Died | 16 April 2015 Steeg,
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | (aged 89)
Alma mater | University of Cologne |
Known for | Climate diagrams |
Spouse | Magdalena Roth |
Children | 4 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | phytogeography, ecology, botany |
Institutions | University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim, University of Hawaii, University of North Carolina, University of Osnabrück |
Thesis | (1953) |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Lieth |
Friedrich Heinrich Helmut Lieth ([1] [2]
16 December 1925 – 16 April 2015) was a German ecologist, botanist and phytogeographer.Lieth received his doctorate in Biology from the University of Cologne in 1953 and became a private lecturer at the University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim in 1960. He was then visiting professor in Venezuela and Colombia, professor of botany at the University of Hawaii and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From 1977 to 1992 he was a professor at the University of Osnabrück where he held the chair for ecology. [3]
Helmut Lieth married Magdalena Roth in 1952. The couple had a daughter and three sons. [3]
Lieth became widely known through the climate diagram world atlas published together with Heinrich Walter between 1960 and 1967. The descriptive form of climate display (the Walter-Lieth climate diagram ) conceived here received the highest international recognition.