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If we may use a metaphor, we might say that Botanical Science is like a mountaineer, who, after long, weary climbing, only discovers that after all there still rises - steep and apparently impossible to scale - the real peak; but, notwithstanding this, on casting his eyes around, he finds himself well rewarded for the toil he has undergone.

Karl Ritter von Goebel

Karl Ritter von Goebel

Karl Ritter von Goebel

Born: March 8, 1855

Died: October 9, 1932 (aged 77)

Bio: Dr Karl Immanuel Eberhard Ritter von Goebel FRS FRSE was a German botanist. His main fields of study were comparative functional anatomy, morphology, and the developmental physiology of plants under the influence of both phylogenetic and extrinsic factors.

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