> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 400](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259904) of TL-2 Suppl. VII > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117153) QID Q117153 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Frei \[-Sulzer\], Max (1913-1983), Swiss botanist and forensic criminologist, born 8 Mar 1913 in Winterthur (Kt. Zürich), attended school and univ. in Zurich, teacher's dipl. 1932, private teacher in Agrigento (Sicily) 1933-1934, further study at Zurich 1934, doctorate 1937, founder in 1950 and dir. of the crime lab., Zurich police, achieved notoriety in the 1970s when he argued that pollen grains of plants endemic to Palestine were found on the Shroud of Turin and again later when he "authenticated" through handwriting analysis Adolf Hitler diaries that were forgeries, died 14 Jan 1983. **Abbreviated name**: *M. Frei* #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Biofile - Danim, A. et al., 1999. Flora of the Shroud of Turin, St. Louis (Missouri Botanical Garden Press): 52 p. (n.v.) - Whanger, M. & A. Whanger, 1998. The Shroud of Turin: an adventure of discovery: 142. (index) ### Publications ##### n.35.440. Gliederung **Title** Die *Gliederung* der *sizilianischen Flora* und Vegetation und ihre Stellung im Mittelmeergebiet... Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der philosophischen Doktorwürde Fakultät II der Universität Zürich... Zürich (Buchdruckerei Fluntern...) 1930. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Gliederung sizilian. Fl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1938 (Nat. Nov. Jul (1-2) 1939), cover-t.p., p. \[i\]-vi, 1-139 \[last page =vita\]. *Copies*: BM, G, WU.