Edmund Russow

Edmund August Friedrich Russow (Russian: Эдму́нд Фридрихович Ру́ссов, romanized: Èdmúnd Fridrichovič Rússov; 24 February [O.S. 12] 1841 – 11 April [O.S. 30 March] 1897) was a Baltic German biologist.

Edmund Russow
Born24 February [O.S. 12] 1841
Reval, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire
(present-day Tallinn, Estonia)
Died11 April [O.S. 30 March] 1897 (aged 56)
Yuryev, Yuryevsky Uyzed, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
(present-day Tartu, Tartu County, Russian Empire
NationalityBaltic German
Alma materImperial University of Dorpat
Friedrich-Wilhelm University of Berlin
Scientific career
InstitutionsImperial University of Dorpat

Academic career

Son of a military engineer, Edmund Russow studied at the Universities of Dorpat (now Tartu, Tartu County, Estonia) and Berlin. In 1867 he became an associate professor at Dorpat, where from 1874 to 1897, he served as a full professor. In 1895-97 he was president of the Estonian Naturalists' Society. Russow was at the forefront of nature conservation in Estonia, and associated with the work of Hugo Conwentz (1865-1922), a founder of nature conservation efforts throughout Europe.

Botanical work

Russow was an authority on Sphagnaceae (sphagnum mosses)[1] and remembered for his research in plant anatomy and histology, in particular studies of the plant family Marsileaceae (aquatic and semi-aquatic ferns).[2] The plant genus Russowia is named in his honor,[3] as is Sphagnum russowii (Russow's sphagnum).

Written works
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References
  1. Botanical Gazette, Volume 24 By John Merle Coulter, et al
  2. Google Books, Marsileaceae
  3. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, by Umberto Quattrocchi
  4. Open Library, authors
  5. IPNI.  Russow.
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