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Wilhelm Hofmeister, German botanist (died 1877)
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Wilhelm Hofmeister
German biologist and botanist (1824–1877)
Wilhelm Friedrich Benedikt Hofmeister was a German biologist and botanist. He "stands as one of the true giants in the history of biology and belongs in the same pantheon as Darwin and Mendel." Largely self-taught he was the first to study and establish alternation of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 227 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)