Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes Schweickerdt’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro German botanist
A.K.A. Schweick.
Was Scientist 
Botanist 
From Germany 
South Africa 
Type Science 
Gender male
Birth 29 November 1903, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death 21 February 1977, Pretoria, South Africa
(aged 73 years)
Star sign Sagittarius

Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes Schweickerdt (28 February 1903, Schmie, Baden-Württemberg – 21 February 1977, Pretoria) was a German botanist.

In 1904 he moved with his parents to Pretoria, where he later studied at Transvaal University. From 1922 to 1924 he was a student at the University of Bonn (1922–24), later becoming a professor in Pretoria. From 1940 to 1964 he served as inspector of the Botanical Garden at the University of Göttingen.

During his career he collected plants in Transvaal, South-West Africa, Rhodesia, Mozambique and Natal. The plant species Gasteria schweickerdtiana is named after him.

The standard author abbreviation Schweick. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

The H.G.W.J Schweickerdt Herbarium (PRU) at the University of Pretoria is named in his honour.

Publications

  • Untersuchungen über Photodinese bei Vallisneria spiralis, 1928 – Studies on photodinese in Vallisneria spiralis.
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