Ferdinand von Mueller
German-Australian naturalist
Died when: 71 years 102 days (855 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG (German: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist.
He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Victoria (Australia) by Governor Charles La Trobe in 1853, and later director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne.
He also founded the National Herbarium of Victoria. He named many Australian plants.
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