Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz

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Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz (January 3, 1804 - December 30, 1876) was a German pharmacist and botanist who was a native of Zweibrücken.

He initially learned the pharmacy profession at his father's store in Zweibrücken. In 1827 be began studies in Munich, later performing post-doctoral work in Tübingen. In 1832 he became owner of a pharmacy in Bitsch, and in 1853 relocated to Weissenburg.

Schultz was a specialist regarding the botanical family Orobanchaceae. One of his better known publications was a book on Palatinate flora called Flora der Pfalz. With Paul Constant Billot (1796-1863), he was co-author of Archives de la flore de France et d’Allemagne.^[1]^[2]

In 1840 with his brother, Carl Heinrich Schultz (1805-1867), et al., he founded the scientific society POLLICHIA, a group specializing in nature studies of the Rheinland-Pfalz region.

The standard author abbreviation F.W.Schultz is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[3]

References

Parts of this article are based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia, namely: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, ADB: Schultz, Friedrich Wilhelm.
Index des botanistes- Fleurs sauvages de l'Yonne

↑ 'allemagne Open Library Annotations a la flore de France et d'allemagne
↑ WorldCat Titles Archives de la Flore de France et d’Allemagne
↑ "Author Query for 'F.W.Schultz'". International Plant Names Index.

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Name	Schultz, Friedrich Wilhelm
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Short description	German pharmacist
Date of birth	January 3, 1804
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Date of death	December 30, 1876
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