German botanist (1846-1935).
Hermann Dingler (23 May 1846 – 30 December 1935) was a German physician and botanist. He was a son-in-law of chemist Emil Erlenmeyer and the father of philosopher Hugo Dingler. Dingler was born in Zweibrücken. He studied medicine at the universities of Zürich, Erlangen, Vienna and Munich, then participated in a botanical study trip to Palestine and Asia Minor. Afterwards, he spent a few years working as a military and railway physician in the Turkish service. In 1883 he obtained his habilitation at Munich, then from 1889 to 1910, he taught classes in botany at the Forestry University in Aschaf