Wilhelm Friedrich Benedict Hofmeister
(1824–1877)

German biologist; regarded as "one of the true giants in the history of biology"; best known for his discovery of the alternation of generations, a fundamental principle of the life cycles of plants.

Wilhelm Friedrich Benedict Hofmeister

Works

Hofmeister's works were published in German; only English translations are listed here.

  • Hofmeister, Wilhelm; Currey, Frederick (translator) (1862), On the germination, development and fructification of the higher Cryptogamia and on the fructification of the Coniferae.

Works about Hofmeister


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