Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn

Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn
Photograph taken in 1860
Born
Friedrich Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn

26 October 1809
Died24 April 1864 (1864-04-25) (aged 54)
NationalityDutch (born German)
Occupation(s)Botanist and geologist
Years active1835-1864
Known forBotanical and geological studies in Dutch East Indies
Notable workSee Bibliography

Friedrich Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn was a German-born Dutch botanist and geologist. His father, Friedrich Junghuhn was a barber and a surgeon. His mother was Christine Marie Schiele. Junghuhn studied medicine in Halle and in Berlin from 1827 to 1831, meanwhile (1830) publishing a seminal paper on mushrooms in Linnaea. Ein Journal für Botanik.