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### Author
Brehmer, Wilhelm Georg Baptist Alexander von (1883-x), German (born Minden in Westfalen) botanist, educated at the Viktoria Gymnasium in Potsdam until 1901, studied pharmacy, examination for assistant pharmacist 1903, studied at the universities of Berlin, Kiel and again Berlin, state examination for pharmacist 14 Mai 1909, practicing as pharmacist 1909-1911, licensed pharmaceutical practicioner 1911, studied botany at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Berlin 1911-1913, travelled in German-East-Africa 1913, studied at the Botanical Museum Berlin 1913-1914, scientific assistant ib. 1914-1915, Dr. phil. University of Berlin 1915, assistant at the Botanical Museum 1918, idem at the Potato Institute and the Botanical Institute of the University of Berlin 1919-1931, at the Pathological-anatomical division of the Biologische Reichsanstalt 1931-1940, director of infection research 1940-1948, at Bad Kreuznach 1948-1950, in charge of Paracelsus-Institute, Nürnberg 1950.
**Abbreviated name**: *Brehmer* \[standard form in IPNI: *Brehmer*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection B|B]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 246 (b. 24 Jan 1883); BFM 2957; BJI 2: 19; BL 1: 5; LS suppl. 3600; Urban-Berl. p. 67.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Notizbl. Bot. Mus. Gart. Berlin 7: 334 (assistant at B 1 Nov 1915), 399 (on active service 30 Mai 1916); Hedwigia 74(1) (Beibl.): (140). 1934 ("Mitglied der Biologischen Reichsanstalt").
- Lack, H.W. and O. v. Sydow, Willdenowia 13: 415. 1983 (letters at UPS-UB).
- Verdoorn, F., Chron. bot. 1: 132. 1935.
- Zepernick, B. and F.K. Timler, Englera 1: 34. 1979 (main biogr. source).
### Publications
##### n.22.715. Über eine Glossopterisflora am Ulugurugebirge
**Title**
*Über eine Glossopterisflora am Ulugurugebirge* (Deutsch Ost-Afrika)... Leipzig und Berlin (Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann) 1914. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 16 Jun 1914 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[399\]-411, *pl. 2* (uncol. phot.). *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Jahrb. 51(3-4): 399-411, *pl. 2.* 1914.
##### n.22.716. systematische Gliederung
**Title**
Über die *systematische Gliederung* und Entwicklung der Gattung *Wahlenbergia in Afrika*. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde genehmigt von der Philosophischen Fakultät der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin... \[Leipzig (Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann)\] 1915. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Syst. Glied. Wahlenbergia Afr.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 24 Feb 1915 (date of defense thesis; Nat. Nov. Sep 1915), p. \[i-ii\], \[9\]-71, \[72\]. *Copy*: B. – Partial preprint from Bot. Jahrb. 53(1/2): 9-143. 27 Apr 1915. – Sic: Identification on p. \[ii\] has erroneously "Englers Botan. Jahrbüchern. 52 Bd., 1. Heft". The thesis was defended with the "Referenten" A. Engler and Haberlandt. – Page \[72\] has a detailed "Lebenslauf" (vita).
*Note*: A list of new species was published by W. Herter, Bot. Centralbl. 129(20): 527-528. 16 Nov 1915.
##### n.22.717. Neue Arten der Gattung Bersama
**Title**
*Neue Arten der Gattung Bersama*... Leipzig (Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann) 1917. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 13 Mar 1917 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[393\]-415. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Jahrb. 54(4): 393-415. 1917.
*Ref*.: Herter, W., Bot. Centralbl. 135(23): 365. 4 Dec 1917.