Wilhelm Hofmeister
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Wilhelm Friedrich Benedikt Hofmeister (18 May 1824 to 12 January 1877) was a German self-taught botanist. He studied genetics in plants, publishing several works, which were highly regarded. He is cited for the first studies of plant embryology. He was appointed professor at the University of Heidelberg in 1863, and he later moved to the University of Tübingen in 1872.
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