Wilhelm Philippe Schimper (January 12, 1808 – March 20, 1880 in Lichtenberg) was an Alsatian botanist with French, later German citizenship. He was born in Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel, but spent his youth in Offwiller, a village at the foot of the Vosges mountain range in Alsace. He was the father of botanist Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1856-1901), and a cousin to naturalist Karl Friedrich Schimper (1803-1867) and botanist Georg Heinrich Wilhelm Schimper (1804-1878).
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12 January 1808
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Died |
20 March 1880 (aged 72)
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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