Ethelbert Blatter
Swiss Jesuit priest and botanist in British India (1877-1934) · Switzerland · On the map · Scientists · Died at 56
Ethelbert Blatter was a Swiss Jesuit priest and pioneering botanist in British India. Author of five books and over sixty papers on the flora of the Indian subcontinent, he was Principal and Professor of Botany at St Xavier College, Bombay and vice-president of the Bombay Natural History Society.
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In 1932 he became the first recipient of the Johannes Bruehl Memorial Medal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
Country
Switzerland
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1877 to 1934 · aged 56
