Alfred Rehder

Alfred Rehder (4 September 1863 in Waldenburg, Saxony 25 July 1949 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) was a German-American botanical taxonomist and dendrologist who worked at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. He is generally regarded as the foremost dendrologist of his generation.

Alfred Rehder
Rehder in the Arnold Arboretum library in 1898, shortly after his arrival in the U.S.
Born(1863-09-04)4 September 1863
Waldenburg, Saxony
Died25 July 1949(1949-07-25) (aged 85)
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Institutions
Author abbrev. (botany)Rehder
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