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3 unusual facts about Georg Ernst Ludwig Hampe


Georg Ernst Ludwig Hampe

Georg Ernst Ludwig Hampe (July 5, 1795 – November 23, 1880) was a German pharmacist, botanist and bryologist who was a native of Fürstenberg.

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In 1810 he became an apprentice pharmacist to his uncle in Brakel, and over the next fifteen years worked in a number of pharmacies at several locations, including in Halle an der Saale (where he became acquainted with botanist Kurt Sprengel 1766-1833), at the university pharmacy in Göttingen, in the town of Allendorf, and later in the city of Braunschweig.

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In 1876 he sold his pharmacy in Blankenburg, and moved to Helmstedt, where he went to live with his son.



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