Jahn, Alfredo, 1869-1940

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Biographical History

Alfredo Jahn Hartman (1867-1940) was a botanist, geographer, historian, geologist, anthropologist, and archeologist. He was born on October 8, 1867, in Venezuela. Jahn classified many plants of Venezuela and wrote a book, The Palms of the Flora Venezuelana, in 1908. Jahn was a founding member of the Sociedad Venzolana de Ciencias Naturales (Venezuelan Society of Natural Sciences), serving as its president between 1935 and 1937. He died on June 12, 1940.

Source

Alfredo Jahn. (2011). In Wikipedia. Retrieved from http://en.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Jahn

Birth Date

1867

Death Date

1940

Topic

Botany

Form/Genre

Personal name

Occupation

Botanists