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Heinrich Wilhelm Schott

Heinrich Wilhelm Schott is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Heinrich Wilhelm Schott rather than just read about it. In short: Heinrich Wilhelm Schott (7 January 1794 – 5 March 1865) was an Austrian botanist. He is known for his extensive work on aroids (Araceae).

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Reference excerpt

Heinrich Wilhelm Schott (7 January 1794 – 5 March 1865) was an Austrian botanist. He is known for his extensive work on aroids (Araceae).

Biography Schott was born on 7 January 1794 in Brno, Moravia. He studied botany, agriculture and chemistry at the University of Vienna, where he was a pupil of Joseph Franz von Jacquin (1766–1839). He was a participant in the Austrian Brazil Expedition from 1817 to 1821. In 1828 he was appointed Hofgärtner (royal gardener) in Vienna, later serving as director of the Imperial Gardens at Schönbrunn Palace (1845). In 1852 he was in charge of transforming part of palace gardens in the fashion of an English garden. He also enriched the Viennese court gardens with his collections from Brazil. He was also interested in Alpine flora, and was responsible for development of the alpinum at Belvedere Palace in Vienna. In 2008, botanists P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong published Schottarum, a genus of flowering plants from Borneo belonging to the family Araceae. Then they published Schottariella, a monotypic genus of flowering plants from Borneo belonging to the family Araceae, both genera were named in honour of Heinrich Wilhelm Schott. Schott died on 5 March 1865 at Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, at the age of 71.

Publications Meletemata botanica (with Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher), 1832 Rutaceae. Fragmenta botanica, 1834 Genera filicum, 1834–1836 Aroideae, 1853–1857 Analecta botanica (with Theodor Kotschy and Carl Fredrik Nyman), 1854 Synopsis Aroidearum, 1856 Icones Aroidearum, 1857 Genera Aroidearum Exposita, 1858 Prodromus Systematis Aroidearum, 1860

References

External links The Botanical Art of Schott's Aroideae Maximilianae by Scott Hyndman Archived 2013-06-15 at the Wayback Machine Deutsche Biographie Schott, Heinrich Wilhelm (biography). Biography

Further reading Riedl, H.; Riedl-Dorn, Christa: Heinrich Wilhelm Schott's botanical collections at the Vienna Natural History Museum; International Association for Plant Taxonomy. Utrecht (1988) ISBN/ISSN 0040-0262

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Example 1 — a first encounter with Heinrich Wilhelm Schott

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Heinrich Wilhelm Schott ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Heinrich Wilhelm Schott

In research: Heinrich Wilhelm Schott appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Heinrich Wilhelm Schott in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Heinrich Wilhelm Schott is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1794 births, 1865 deaths, Austrian biologist stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Heinrich Wilhelm Schott outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Heinrich Wilhelm Schott in simple terms?

Heinrich Wilhelm Schott (7 January 1794 – 5 March 1865) was an Austrian botanist. He is known for his extensive work on aroids (Araceae).

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