Albert Grunow Explained

Albert Grunow (3 November 1826, Berlin  - 17 March 1914, Berndorf, Lower Austria) was a German-Austrian chemist and phycologist. He specialized in the study of diatoms.

From 1851 he worked as a chemist in a metal works factory in Berndorf. In 1857-59 he participated in the Austrian "Novara Expedition", and was tasked with analysis of its algal collections. Also, he served as a collector, preparator and determiner of specimens towards the development of Gottlob Ludwig Rabenhorst's diatom exsiccatae.[1] Grunow co-edited two exsiccata series, one of them under the title Algae Ceylanicae, legit W. Ferguson, determ. A. Grunow with William Ferguson.[2] [3]

In 1901 he donated his collection of extant and fossil diatoms to the Natural History Museum of Vienna. He was a corresponding member of the Geologischen Reichsanstalt.[4]

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. http://plants.jstor.org/person/bm000151577 JSTOR
  2. Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
  3. Web site: Algae Ceylanicae, legit W. Ferguson, determ. A. Grunow: IndExs ExsiccataID=446690304 . IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae . Botanische Staatssammlung München . 28 July 2024.
  4. http://81.10.184.26:9001/personen_add/Gugenberger_Odomar_ex_Zapfe.pdf Biography of Albert Grunow
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/183127353 WorldCat.org
  6. http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/ClassifyDemo?search-author-txt=%22+Grunow%2C+Albert.+%22 Classify OCLC