Christian Konrad Sprengel
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Christian Konrad Sprengel was a botanist, best known for Das Entdeckte Geheimniss der Natur im Bau und in der Befruchtung der Blumen.
Quick Facts About Christian Konrad Sprengel
- Born
- September 22, 1750
- Died
- April 7, 1816
- Profession
- Botanist
- Notable works
- Das Entdeckte Geheimniss der Natur im Bau und in der Befruchtung der Blumen
About Christian Konrad Sprengel
Christian Konrad Sprengel was a German naturalist, theologist, and teacher. He is most famous for his research on plant sexuality. Sprengel was the first to recognize that the function of flowers was to attract insects, and that nature favored cross-pollination. Along with the work of Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter he set the foundations for the modern study of floral biology and anthecology, but his work was not widely recognized until Charles Darwin examined and confirmed several of his observations almost 50 years later; see Fertilisation of Orchids (1862).
Biography source: Wikipedia
