Frits Went

Friedrich August Ferdinand Christian Went ForMemRS^[1] (June 18, 1863, Amsterdam — July 24, 1935, Wassenaar) was a Dutch botanist, professor of botany and director of the Botanical Garden at the University of Utrecht. He is mainly known for his work on plant hormones, specifically the role of auxin in phototropism.

Went was the father of Dutch botanist Frits Warmolt Went.

The standard author abbreviation Went is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

References

^ Briggs, G. E. (1936). "Friedrich August Ferdinand Christian Went. 1863-1935". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 2 (5): 160. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1936.0013. JSTOR 769136. edit
^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

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Name	Went, Frits
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Date of birth	1863
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Date of death	1935
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