> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 213](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259717) of TL-2 Suppl. VII > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123682323) QID Q123682323 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Fischer, Hermann \[Wilhelm Konrad\] (1884-1936), German botanist (physiologist and historian), born 14 Jun 1884 in Würzburg, attended schools in Würzburg, studied natural sciences at the Univ., asst., biol. experiment station, Munich 1912, docent in plant physiology 1915, natural history teacher 1919, extraord. prof. 1931, died 7 Jan 1936. **Abbreviated name**: *H.W.K. Fisch.* #### Herbarium and types [[Collection M|M]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 543; Bossert p. 126; Hirsch p. 84; IH 2: 198; Kew 2: 273; Moebius p. 269, NI 2: 60; Portr. 3: 430; Tucker 3: 107. #### Biofile - Anon., Intl. address book botanists: 136. 1931. - Dultz, A., 1937. Ber. Bayer. Bot. Ges. Erforsch. Heim. Fl. 22: 139-140. (portr.) - Hertel, H. & A. Schreiber, 1988. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 25: 308. - Paul, H., 1937. Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 54: (140)-(147). (bibl., phot. of bust) #### Eponymy For eponyms based on the name Fischer, cf. sub E. and F.E.L. Fischer (in TL-2/1). ### Publications ##### n.34.624. Mittelalterliche Pflanzenkunde **Title** *Mittelalterliche Pflanzenkunde*... München (Verlag der Münchner Drucke) 1929. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Mittelalt. Pfl.-kunde*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1929, p. \[i-ii\], *pl. 1*, \[iii\]-viii, \[1\]-326, \[327-328\], *pl. 2-39* (uncol. phot. on 20 lvs.). *Copies*: BM, G, K (n.v.), L, MO, NY (n.v.), U, USDA. *Ref*.: Wettstein, R., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 78(4): 348. 1929 (rev.). - *Reprint*: 1967... Hildesheim (G. Olms). *Copies*: LC (n.v.), NY (n.v.), US. – In series Geschichte der Wissenschaften. Geschichte der Botanik, Bd. 2. ##### n.34.625. Orchideen Deutschlands **Title** Die *Orchideen Deutschlands* und der angrenzenden Gebiete... München (Selbstverlag Erich Nelson) 1931. Oblong fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Orchid. Deutschl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1931 (issued as a portfolio), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-48, 21 lvs. of pl. *Copies*: BM, K (n.v.), G, L, LC (n.v.), MO (n.v.), NY(2) (n.v.). *Note*: Hermann Fischer wrote the text for this book which has 60 chromolith. of watercolors by Erich Nelson (1897-1980), whose work on orchids, apart from this title, falls outside the period of our concern.