> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 218](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189689) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/24799-1) LSID 24799-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62767) QID Q62767 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Pfeffer, Wilhelm Friedrich Philipp (1845-1920), German (Hesse-Nassau) plant physiologist, pharmacist, chemist and bryologist; Dr. phil. Göttingen 1865; assistant pharmacist in Chur 1865-1869; with Pringsheim in Berlin 1869-1870; with Sachs at Würzburg 1870-1871; habil. Marburg 1871, "dozent" ib. 1871-1873; professor of botany Bonn 1873-1877, at Basel 1877, at Tübingen 1878-1887; ultimately director of the botanical garden and of the plant physiology laboratory at Leipzig 1887-1920; leading plant physiologist of his era. **Abbreviated name**: *Pfeff.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Pfeff.*\] #### Herbarium and types Mosses in [[Collection B|B]] and [[Collection H|H]]. – Pfeffer's private library was bought by the Institute for Agricultural and Biological Sciences, University of Okayama, Japan. – Some letters at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 102, 283; Barnhart 3: 78; Bossert p. 308; Collander hist. p. 45, 46, 48, 49, 56; CSP 8: 610-611, 11: 4, 12: 573, 17: 838-839; DSB 10: 574-578 (bibl.); DTS 5: lii; Frank 3 (Anh.): 76; Herder p. 117; IH 2: (in press); Jackson p. 70, 78, 81, 83, 149, 344; Kew 4: 290; Kleppa p. 9; LS 20592-20595, 37902; Moebius p. 454 \[index\]; Morren ed. 2, p. 6, ed. 10, p. 21; PR 7102, 10616; Rehder 5: 666; Saccardo 1: 126-127; SBC p. 129; TL-2/see M. Mioshi; Urban-Berl. p. 310. #### Biofile - Andrews, F.M., Plant Physiology 4: 285-288. 1929 (obit., portr.). - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 31: 191. 1887 (to Leipzig), 36: 384. 1888 (call to München declined), 37: 29. 1889 (Geh. Hofrath), 41: 31. 1890 (memb. Kön. Akad. Wiss., Berlin), 60: 287. 1894 (assumes, with Strasburger, editorship Jahrb. wiss. Bot.), 64: 447. 1895 (Maximilian-Orden, Bayern), 75: 63. 1898 (Dr. h.c. Cambr.), 81: 415. 1900 (corr. mem. Acad. Sci., Paris), 92: 592. 1903 (assoc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A.), 95: 464. 1904 (Otto Vahlbruch Preis), 108: 80. 1908 ("Pour le mérite"); Bot. Jahrb. 9 (Beibl. 20): I. 1887; Bot. Not. 1920: 50 (death); Bot. Zeit. 29: 269. 1871 (habil. Marburg), 35: 231. 1877 (call to Basel), 45: 439. 1887 (call to Leipzig); Bull. Soc. bot. France 24 (bibl.): 95. 1877 (to Basel replacing Schwendener); Flora 54: 205. 1871 (habil. Marburg), 60: 320. 1877 (call to Basel), 61: 432. 1878 (call to Tübingen); Nat. Nov. 1: 47. 1879 (to Tübingen), 2: 142. 1880 (corr. Bay. Akad. wiss.), 9: 192. 1887 (to Leipzig as successor of Schenk; de Bary had first refusal), 12: 35. 1890 (corr. Akad. Wiss. Berlin; Engler elected member at the same session), 19: 217. 1897 (member Amer. Acad. Arts Sci.), 22: 176. 1900 (Acad. Paris), 25: 407. 1903 (Natl. Acad. Sci.); Österr. bot. Z. 37: 335. 1887 (app. Leipzig), 46: 79. 1896 (Maximilian-Orden, Bayern), 48: 78. 1898 (foreign member Roy.-Soc), 48: 279. 1898 (Dr. h.c. Cambridge, England), 69: 88. 1920 (d. 21 Jan 1920). - Bergdolt, E., Karl von Goebel 261 \[index\]. 1941 (letters). - Bünning, E., Wilhelm Pfeffer, Apotheker, Chemiker, Botaniker, 1845-1920. Stuttgart 1975, 166 p. (biogr., bibl., portr., biogr. notices students; main treatment). - Campbell, D.H., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 57: 499-502. 1922 (obit.). - Cohen, E., Naturwissenschaften 3(10): 118-120. 1915 (on P. and physical chemistry). - Cranner, B.H., Naturen 44: 321-327. 1920 (portr.), Overs, vid. Selsk. Møter 1920: 73-79. 1921 (obit.). - Czapek, F., Naturwissenschaften 3(10): 120-121. 1915 (on P. and biophysics); Almanach Akad. Wiss. Wien 1920: 167-173. - De Toni, G.B., Nuova Notarisia 32: 70. 1921 (obit., not.). - Dörfler, L, Botaniker-Porträts no. 13. 1906 (portr.). - Fitting, H., Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 38: (30)-(63). 1920 (obit., bibl., portr.), Deut. biogr. Jahrb. 2: 578-582, 756-757. 1928 (biogr., bibl., biogr., refs., b. 9 Mar 1845, d. 31 Jan 1920); Decheniana 105/106: 8-9, pl. 2. 1952 (portr.; stay at Bonn). - Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27(3): 233. 1938 (1887-1920 dir. bot. gard. Leipzig). - G.P.J., Science ser. 2. 51: 291-292. 1930 (obit.). - Goebel, K., Jahrb. bay. Akad. Wiss. 1920: 24-25. 1921 (obit.; "Goldene Äpfel in silbernen Schalen"). - Haberlandt, G., Naturwissenschaften 3(10): 115-118. 1915 (biogr., tribute, b. 9 Mar 1845). - Harvey-Gibson, R.J., Outlines hist. bot. 69, 170, 175, 185, 205, 206, 214, 215, 220, 241, 243. 1914. - Jost, L., Naturwissenschaften 3(10): 129-131. 1915 (on P. and plant physiological methodology). - Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 4: 136. 1898 (Dr. h.c. Cambridge, England), 9: 140. 1903 (member Natl. Acad. Sci.) 24/25: 48. 1923 (death). - Kniep, H., Naturwissenschaften 3(10): 124-129. 1915 (on P. and the "Reizphysiologie"). - Lehmann, E., Schwäbische Apotheker 183-184, 210. 1951 (early training as pharmacist). - Mägdefrau, K., Gesch. Bot. 312. \[index\]. 1973; Acta hist. leop. 9: 101. 1975 (portr.). - Newcombe, F.C., Bot. Gaz. 71: 152-154. 1921 (obit., portr., "there are few fields in plant physiology that have not been extended by his researches".). - Nordenskiöld, E., Hist. biol. 576, 578, 584, 595. 1949. - Ostwald, W., Chemiker-Zeit. 44(21): 145. 1920 (obit.). - Overbeek, F., Decheniana 105/106: 31. 1952 (at Landw. Hochsch. Bonn; pharmacognosy). - Pfeffer, W., Pflanzenphysiologie. Ein Handbuch... 1881; ed. 2. 1, 1897, 2, 1904. (famous plant physiology handbook; for contemp. evaluation see Volkers, Bot. Jahrb. 26 (Lit.): 7-9. 1898, 34 (Lit.): 9-10. 1904.); Engl.: The physiology of plants, 2 vols., 1900-1906 (transl. by A. J. Stewart) French; Physiologie végétale, 2 vols., 1906-1912 (transl. J. Friedel). - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 3: 1033-1034. 1898, 4(2): 1152. 1904, 5(2): 966. 1926, 6(3): 1998. 1938 (bibl.). - Pringsheim, E.G., Julius Sachs 299 \[index\]. 1932. - Pringsheim, H. & E.G., Ber. deut. chem. Ges. 53a: 36-39. 1920 (obit.). - Reinke, J., Mein Tagewerk 58, 60, 64, 125, 212. 1925. - Rodgers, A.D., Liberty Hyde Bailey 156-157, 160. 1949. - Ruhland, W., Ber. Verh. sächs. Akad. Wiss. Leipzig, Math.-phys. Kl. 107-124. 1923 (obit.). - Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 515. 1977 (mosses at H). - Taton, R., ed., Science in the 19th cent. 610 \[index\]. 1965. - Veer, P.H.W.A.M. de, Leven en werk van Hugo de Vries. Groningen 69, 70. 1969. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 164. 1936. - V.H.B., Nature 105: 302. 1920 (obit.). - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 138. *pl. 28.* 1903; 3(3): xxix, 147. *pl. 94.* 1905. #### Composite works - (1) Editor, *Jahrb. wiss. Bot.* 27-59, 1895-1920 (until Mai 1912 with E. Strasburger). - (2) Editor, Kölreuter, J.G., *Vorläuf. Nachr. Geschl. Pfl.*, ed. Ostwald's Klassiker 41, 1893, see TL-2/3820. #### Festschrift - (1) *Jahrb. wiss. Bot.* 56: 1-832. 1915 (contains, in addition to the scientific contributions, a portrait, dedication, bibliography 1865-1915 (p. 793-804), and a list of Pfeffer's students (p. 805-832). - (2) Die Naturwissenschaften 3(10): 115-140. 1915 (papers by G. Haberlandt et al. on Pfeffer, bibl., portr.). #### Handwriting Bünning, E., Wilhelm Pfeffer 30, 113. 1975. ### Publications ##### n.7810. Bryogeographische Studien **Title** *Bryogeographische Studien* aus den rhätischen Alpen \[Zürich 1869\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Bryogeogr. Stud.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1869 (p. \[3\]: Mar 1869; Bot. Zeit. 17 Dec 1869; BSbF Apr-Mai 1870 as of "1869"; Flora 22 Feb 1870), p. \[1\]-142, \[1, cont.\]. *Copies*: FH, G, H, MO-Steere, NY, U-V. – Neue Denkschr. allg. Schweiz. Ges. Naturw. 24(5). 1871. *Ref*.: H.S., Bot. Zeit. 27: 859-860. 17 Dec 1869. - Juratzka, J., Hedwigia 8: 180-182. Dec 1869. ##### n.7811. Die Entwickelung des Keimes der Gattung Selaginella **Title** *Die Entwickelung des Keimes der Gattung Selaginella*... Bonn (Bei Adolph Marcus) 1871. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Entw. Keim. Selaginella*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1871 (J. Bot. Aug 1872), p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-80, *pl. 1-6* (uncol., auct.). *Copy*: BR. – Published in Bot. Abh. Morph. Physiol., ed. J. Hanstein, vol. 1, 1871. *Ref*.: M'Nab, W.R., J. Bot. 10: 254-255. 1872. ##### n.7812. Die Oelkörper der Lebermoose **Title** *Die Oelkörper der Lebermoose* \[Flora, Regensburg, vol. 57, nos. 1-3\] 1874. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan 1874, p. \[1\]-25, *pl. I. Copy*: H. – Reprinted and to be cited from Flora 57: 2-6. 1 Jan 1874, 17-27. 11 Jan 1874, 33-43, *pl. I.* 21 Jan 1874.