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Lewis David von Schweinitz Botanical Synopses
Collection — Container: Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0130
Overview
Lewis David von Schweinitz was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on February 13, 1780 to Hans Christian Alexander von Schweinitz and Dorthea Elizabeth de Watteville both from prominent German families involved in the development of the Moravian community. Schweinitz became a Moravian preacher working in Silesia, Saxony, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. In addition to preaching, Schweinitz pursued botany. He examined and described plants collected by Thomas Say, published articles,...
Dates:
1817-1834
Lewis David von Schweinitz Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0438
Scope and Contents
Lewis David von Schweinitz Correspondence consists of letters written to von Schweinitz by American and European botanists.List of correspondents:
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Beck, John B. 1829; Beck, Lewis Caleb (10) 1829-33; Beitel, Christian, 1833; Bentham, George (3) 1828-31; Bischoff, Gerh. G. n. d.; Brace, John P. 1822; Braunsburg, M. V. von, 1833; Brongniart, Adolphe Theodore, 1829; Buniningk, Mr. von, 1809; Bute, George H. (4) 1829-30; C
Carey, William, 1829; Collins, Zaccheus (6)...
Dates:
1805-1833
Lewis David von Schweinitz Floras of various areas in Europe and America
Collection — Container: Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0557
Scope and Contents
In Schweinitz' time, the first responsibility of a botanist was to compile a flora of his geographic environment. As Schweinitz moved around a great deal in his work with the Moravian Church, unusual opportunities arose. A
scanning of his titles gives a summary of his travels around Europe and in America.There is mention in print that Lewis David von Schweinitz worked on a flora of Nazareth when he was in attendance at the Moravian school in that town in Pennsylvania. In his...
Dates:
1806-1833
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