August Weberbauer

German naturalist, botanist and university professor (1871-1948).

Augusto Weberbauer (birth name "August" – Breslau, 26 November 1871 – died in Lima, 1948) was a German naturalist, botanist and university professor. He conducted systematic exploration of Peru in search of new plant species. Weberbauer received his PhD in botany at the University of Breslau (1894), continued his studies in natural sciences at universities in Heidelberg and Berlin. He taught at the University of Breslau. He was commissioned by the Royal Academy of Sciences in Berlin to develop botanical research in Peru (1901). In 1905, he delivered 5200 species of seagrass which he had collec