# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johann-hedwig
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:25:44.451Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/johann-hedwig"
name: "Johann Hedwig"
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description: "Johann Hedwig, also styled as Johannes Hedwig, was a German botanist notable for his studies of mosses. He is sometimes called the \"father of bryology\". He is known for his particular observations of sexual reproduction in the cryptogams. Many of his writings were in Latin, and his name is rendered in Latin as Ioannis Hedwig or Ioanne Hedwig. The standard author abbreviation Hedw. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name."
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birthDate: "1730-12-08"
deathDate: "1799-02-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump