Ernst Bernard Heyne

Ernst Bernard Heyne (15 September 1825 – 16 October 1881) was a German botanist and horticulturist and a pioneer in the early development of agriculture in Australia.

E.B. Heyne

Early life

Heyne was born at Meissen, Saxony, Germany; son of Carl August Heyne, Doctor of Medicine and his wife, Marianne, daughter of Caraline and Johannes Tierof. He was educated at Leipzig University Germany, where he received in 1845 his Diploma of Botany. He was an accomplished linguist and mathematician. E.B. obtained a position at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Dresden.[1][2]

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References
  1. McGuire, F. M. (1972). "Heyne, Ernst Bernhard (1825 - 1881)". Australian Dictionary of Biography Vol. $. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. p. 388. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
  2. Maiden, J. H. (1908). Records of Victorian botanists. Victorian Naturalist vol. 25, p. 108-109.
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