Posts Tagged ‘ecology’
The Ecology of Belonging: Eugenius Warming and the Hidden Life of Plant Communities
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 3, 1841 Dearest reader, On this day, we celebrate the birth of Eugenius Warming, a Danish botanist whose pioneering work laid the cornerstone for the modern science of ecology. Though the term…
Read MoreA Guardian of Nature’s Treasures: Karl von Schreibers and the Vienna Natural History Museum
A Heart for Minerals and Meteorites Today is the birthday of the Austrian naturalist and botanist Karl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers. Now, the Austrian Empire had a special affinity for plants and horticulture. And, they funded expeditions regularly to collect new materials for the Natural History Museum. Many famous botanists were involved with these…
Read MoreA Botanical Birthday: Celebrating Arturo Gómez-Pompa
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 21, 1934 On this day, dear gardeners, we celebrate the birth of a true luminary in the world of botany. Arturo Gómez-Pompa, that esteemed Mexican botanist, drew his first breath on this…
Read MoreA life woven with science: Ruth Patrick and the diatoms that shaped ecology
A Heart for Minerals and Meteorites Today is the birthday of the Austrian naturalist and botanist Karl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers. Now, the Austrian Empire had a special affinity for plants and horticulture. And, they funded expeditions regularly to collect new materials for the Natural History Museum. Many famous botanists were involved with these…
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