Nicolai Anhorn von Hartwiss | |
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| Born | 24 May 1793 |
| Died | 6 December 1860 Artek, Crimea |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Education | University of Dorpat (= Tartu) |
| Occupation(s) | botanist and plant breeder |
| Employer(s) | Nikita Imperial Botanic Garden, Yalta, Crimea |
| Title | Director of the Botanic Garden |
| Term | 1827–1860 |
| Predecessor | H.H. Steven |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Feodorovna Baroness von Rosen |
| Parent(s) | Heinrich Ernst Anhorn von Hartwiss of Livonia and Christiane Anhorn von Hartwiss (his first cousin) |
Nicolai Anhorn von Hartwiss (Николай Андерс фон, де Гартвис, Николай Андреевич; was a Livonian-born, Baltic German, Russian botanist, plant explorer and plant breeder. His education at the university in Dorpat (Livonia) was interrupted by the Napoleonic Wars 1812–1818 when he served in the Russian army. Afterwards he worked on his father's estate and by 1824 was living in Riga and had a collection of 500 varieties of fruit trees and roses. He was then appointed to the Russian Imperial Botanical Garden at Nikita where he served as a director for the rest of his career. He is remembered for his plant collection explorations of Georgia and the Crimea, and for the breeding of roses.