Albert Wigand

Julius Wilhelm Albert Wigand, known as Albert Wigand (April 21, 1821 – October 22, 1886), was a German botanist, pharmacologist and pharmacognostician. His is most well known for being the director of the Alter Botanischer Garten Marburg from 1861 to 1886, and for his opposition to Charles Darwin and the theory of Evolution on religious grounds.

For the German physicist and meteorologist, see Albert Wigand (meteorologist).
Julius Wilhelm Albert Wigand

Dr. phil.
Albert Wigand in c. 1875
Born(1821-04-21)21 April 1821
Treysa, Electorate of Hesse
Died22 October 1886(1886-10-22) (aged 65)
Marburg, Hesse-Nassau, Kingdom of Prussia
Alma materPhilipps University of Marburg
Spouse
Henriette Emma Vorster
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(m. 1851)​
Awards 4th Class, Order of the Red Eagle
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, Pharmacology
Thesis "Kritik und Geschichte der Lehre von der Metamorphose der Pflanze"  (1846)
Doctoral advisorMatthias Jakob Schleiden
Author abbrev. (botany)Wigand
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