Julius von Sachs

Julius von Sachs
Julius von Sachs
Born2 October 1832 (1832-10-02)
Died29 May 1897 (1897-05-30) (aged 64)
NationalityGerman
Alma materCharles University in Prague
Known forSachs' solution
Experimental Plant Physiology
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsUniversity of Bonn
University of Freiburg
University of Würzburg

Julius von Sachs (German: [zaks]; 2 October 1832 – 29 May 1897) was a German botanist from Breslau, Prussian Silesia. He is considered the founder of experimental plant physiology and co-founder of modern water culture. Julius von Sachs and Wilhelm Knop are monumental figures in the history of botany by first demonstrating the importance of water culture for the study of plant nutrition and modern plant physiology in the 19th century.[1]

  1. ^ Hewitt E. J. (1966). Sand and Water Culture Methods Used in the Study of Plant Nutrition. Farnham Royal, England: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, pp. 547. Technical Communication No. 22 (Revised 2nd Edition) of the Commonwealth Bureau of Horticulture and Plantation Crops.