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Wilhelm Philippe Schimper

German-French botanist (1808-1880) · Germany · On the map · Scientists · Died at 72

Wilhelm Philippe Schimper was an Alsatian botanist with French, later German citizenship. He was born in Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel, but spent his youth in Offwiller, a village at the foot of the Vosges mountain range in Alsace.

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He was the father of botanist Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1856-1901), and a cousin to naturalist Karl Friedrich Schimper (1803-1867) and botanist Georg Heinrich Wilhelm Schimper (1804-1878).

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Germany
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Scientists
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Scientist
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Deceased
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Lived 1808 to 1880 · aged 72