Ferdinand Lindheimer
| Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer | |
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Ferdinand Lindheimer from Goethe im Lichte der Vererbungslehre (1908)
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May 21, 1801 Frankfurt, Germany |
| Died | December 2, 1879 (aged 78) New Braunfels, Texas |
| Resting place | Comal Cemetery |
| Nationality | German American |
| Alma mater | University of Wiesbaden University of Jena University of Bonn. |
| Occupation | Botanist |
| Known for | Father of Texas Botany |
| Spouse(s) | Eleanor Reinartz |
| Children | Two sons Two daughters |
| Parent(s) | Johann Hartmann Lindheimer Jahnette Magdeline Reisser Lindheimer |
Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer (May 21, 1801 - December 2, 1879) was a German Texan botanist who spent his working life on the American frontier. In 1936, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark number 1590 was placed on Lindheimer's grave.
Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer was born to merchant Johann Hartmann and Jahnette Magdeline Reisser Lindheimer on May 21, 1801 in Frankfurt, Germany. Lindheimer was educated at the Frankfurt Gymnasium, a Berlin preparatory school, the University of Wiesbaden, the University of Jena. He received a scholarship in Philology at the University of Bonn.
In 1827 Lindheimer became a teacher at the Bunsen Institute in Frankfurt, where he became an active proponent of governmental reform of Germany. He became one of the Dreissiger refugees who left Germany after participation in the failed Frankfurt Putsch insurrection in 1833. In 1834, Lindheimer arrived in Belleville, Illinois, whence he traveled by boat to New Orleans.
Lindheimer and several companions began traveling to Texas, but were diverted to Mexico where he lived and worked for more than a year. Late in 1835 he departed Mexico as the Texas Revolution was beginning and was shipwrecked on the coast near Mobile, Alabama. Lindheimer headed to Texas and arrived at the San Jacinto battlefield the day after the final battle of the Texas Revolution.
In 1844 he met Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, Germany, who was making final arrangements for the settlement of a German colony in Texas, which would be known as New Braunfels, Texas. Lindheimer lived the remainder of his life in New Braunfels, Texas.
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