Lewis David de Schweinitz | |
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 Frontispiece from A Memoir of the Late Lewis David von Schweinitz, P.D. by Walter Rogers Johnson (1835) | |
| Born | 13 February 1780 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | 8 February 1834 (aged 53) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | German-American |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany, mycology |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Schwein. |
Lewis David de Schweinitz (13 February 1780 – 8 February 1834) was a German-American botanist and mycologist from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Considered the "Father of North American Mycology,"[1] he also made significant contributions to botany.
- ^ Stuckey, R.L. (1979). Type specimens of flowering plants from Eastern North America in the Herbarium of Lewis David von Schweinitz. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 131:9-51.