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### Author
Schopfer, William Henri (1900-1962), Swiss botanist and microbiologist; student of R. Chodat, Genève; Dr. phil. Genève 1928; lecturer in plant physiology at Genève 1929-1933; professor of botany and director of the botanical garden of Bern University 1933-1962.
**Abbreviated name**: *Schopfer* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.H.Schopfer*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
Ainsworth p. 111, 138, 329; Barnhart 3: 238; Biol.-Dokum. 16: 8274-8275; DSB 12: 207-208 (P.E. Pilet); IH 1 (ed. 1): 10, (ed. 2): 23, (ed. 3): 26, (ed. 4): 28, (ed. 5): 19; LS suppl. 5017, 24901-24910; Plesch p. 402.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Hedwigia 74: (141). 1934 (to Bern); Österr. bot. Z. 82: 360. 1933 (succeeds E. Fischer as prof. bot. Bern).
- Baehni, C., Tribune de Genève 20 Jun 1962 (obit.).
- Bruckner, A., Neue Schweiz. Biogr. 477. s.d.
- Chodat, F., Journal de Genève 20 Jun 1928 (obit.).
- Erismann, K.H., Verh. Schweiz. naturf. Ges. 142: 252-258. 1962 (obit., portr.).
- Fluri, R., Mitt. Naturf. Ges. Bern ser. 2. 20: 83-102. 1964 (obit., bibl. 299 nos.).
- Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Record 27: 334. 1938.
- Tronchet, A., Ann. Sci. Univ. Besançon ser. 2. 2: 1-4. 1958.
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 259. 1935, 2: 35, 275. 1936, 5: 239, 323, 538. 1939, 6: 431. 1941, 7: 88. 1943.
### Publications
##### n.11.033. Recherches sur la sexualité des champignons
**Title**
*Recherches sur la sexualité des champignons* le problème de la biochimie comparée du sexe... Thèse présentée à la Faculté des Sciences de l'Université de Genève pour l'obtention du grade de docteur ès sciences biologiques. Thèse no. 845. Genève (Imprimerie Jent, S.A.,...) 1928. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Rech. sex. champ.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1928 (p. ii: 3 Jul 1928), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-183, *pl. 1-11* (photos). *Copy*: BR. – Preprinted or reprinted from Bull. Soc. bot. Genève 1928: 149-323, *pl. 1-11*.