| LC control no. | no2014163704 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Koch, Wilhelm Daniel Joseph, 1771-1849 |
| Variant(s) | Koch, Wilh. Dan Jos. (Wilhelm Daniel Joseph), 1771-1849 Koch, Guil. Dan Jos. (Guilielmus Daniel Joseph), 1771-1849 Koch, Guilielmus Daniel Josephus, 1771-1849 Koch, W. D. J. (Wilhelm Daniel Joseph), 1771-1849 Koch, G. D. J. (Guilielmus Daniel Joseph), 1771-1849 |
| Associated place | Kusel (Germany) |
| Birth date | 17710305 |
| Death date | 18491114 |
| Affiliation | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademien |
| Profession or occupation | Physicians Botanists |
| Found in | Synopsis der deutschen und schweizer flora, enthaltend die genauer bekannten pflanzen welche in Deutschland, der Schweiz, in Preussen und Istren wild wachsen, 1838: title page (Wilh. Dan Jos. Koch) Synopsis florae germanicae et helveticae, 1857: title page (Guil. Dan. Jos. Koch) Wikipedia, December 10, 2014 (Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch; born March 5, 1771; died November 14, 1849; a German physician and botanist from Kusel, a town in the Rhineland-Palatinate; Koch studied medicine at the Universities of Jena and Marburg, and afterwards was a Stadtphysicus (state physician) in Trarbach and Kaiserslautern (1798); in 1824 he became a professor of medicine and botany at the University of Erlangen, where he stayed for the remainder of his life; at Erlangen, he was also director of the botanical gardens; in 1833, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; among his better written efforts was a synopsis on German and Swiss flora titled Synopsis florae germanicae et helveticae (1835-1837); another noteworthy publication of his was Catalogus plantarum florae palatinae (Catalog of Palatinate flora) (1814); the plant genus Kochia (Chenopodioideae) is named in his honor; the standard author abbreviation W.D.J.Koch is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name) The International Plant Names Index, via WWW, December 10, 2014 (Koch, Wilhelm Daniel Joseph (1771-1849); standard form: W.D.J.Koch; alternative names: Koch, Guilielmus Daniel Iosephus; area of interest: pteridophytes, bryophytes, algae, spermatophytes) Deutsche National Bibliothek, December 10, 2014 (Koch, Wilhelm Daniel Joseph, 1771-1849; male; German botanist, doctor; other names: Koch, Wilh. Daniel Jos., Koch, Wilhelm Daniel Josef, Koch, Guilielmus Daniel Josephus, Koch, Guilelmus Daniel Josephus, Koch, G. D. J., Koch, W. D. J., Koch, Wilhelm, Koch, Wilh. (NDB-Reg.), Koch, Guilelmus Daniel Joseph) |
| Associated language | ger lat |
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