Talk:Friedrich Welwitsch

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Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch (1806-1872)

Friedrich Welwitsch was born in Austria where he worked for some time as a theatre critic. Later he fled to Portugal where he started to work as a plant collector. Several years later he was sent to Angola by the Portuguese government where he made over 5000 collections during 12 years in the country. Some were completely new to science at that time and contained large amount of useful information.

When he returned from Angola Welwitsch decided to settle in London to stay close to the Natural History Museum and the Royal Botanical Gardens. He worked there until his death in 1872.

After his death the Portuguese Government (who funded his collections) took the executors of his estate to court to try to retrieve the collections. After a long court battle which lasted 3 years a compromise was reached - the Portuguese Government got the first set of duplicates and the Natural History Museum received the second set.

Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery in London. His his tombstone is decorated with an engraving of Welwitschia.

As clear a copyright violation as may be. Brya 15:27, 29 May 2006 (UTC)