Botanist and explorer from germany (1823-1905).
Johann Anton Schmidt (6 May 1823 – 21 January 1905) was a German botanist. The standard author abbreviation J.A.Schmidt is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. Schmidt was born in Hamburg to a merchant family. Under the request of their family, he became a gardener and studied botany in 1843 at the University of Heidelberg (with Gottlieb Wilhelm Bischoff) and in 1849 at the University of Göttingen (with August Grisebach and Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling), in 1850, he was promoted with a dissertation of the causes of the plant to spread, in 1851, he went to a
Abbreviations: J.A.Schmidt
Occupations: university teacher, pedagogue, explorer, botanist
Citizenships: Germany
Languages: German
Dates: 1823-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Hamburg
Direct attributions: 26 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 42 plants, 0 fungi