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### Author
Sickenberger, Ernst (1831-1895), German (Baden) botanist and pharmacist; studied at Heidelberg University 1852-1853; pharm. exam. Stuttgart 1854; practicing pharmacist in Kirchgarten 1858-1865; in Freiburg i. Br. 1865-1872, as owner of a liquor store and (1872) in charge of the botanical garden; owner of a pharmacy in Lörrach 1873-1876; from 1876-1895 in Cairo in charge of the German pharmacy; exploring Egypt 1881-1885, professor of pharmacology (later chemistry) from 1889, member of the Egyptian Institute from 1890.
**Abbreviated name**: *Sickenb.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Sickenb.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection Z|Z]]; some lichens at [[Collection M|M]]; further material at [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.), [[Collection CAIH|CAIH]], [[Collection CAIM|CAIM]], [[Collection DS|DS]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection WAG|WAG]]. – Sickenberger's German herbarium was offered for sale in 1876 (Gebhard 1876). – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 275 (d. 8 Dec 1895); BM 4: 1921; CSP 18: 738; IH (ed. 7): 342; Rehder 1: 489; Tucker 1: 649, 3: 280; Urban-Berl. p. 324.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Allg. bot. Z. 2(2): 32. 1896 (d.); Bot. Centralbl. 65: 288. 19 Feb 1896 (d.); Bot. Monatschr. 15: 209-210. 1897 (sale of herb. Dr. Schill. Freiburg containing the Sickenberg herb.); Nat. Nov. 18: 70. 1896 (d.).
- Ascherson, P., Fl. Provinz Brandenburg 1:14. 1864; Österr. bot. Z. 46: 80. 1896 (obit. not.).
- Deflers, A., Ernst Sickenberger, Le Caire 1897, 35 p., (biogr. portr., bibl.), reprinted from the "Revue d'Egypte". (*Copy* DS, from Engler collection).
- Gebhard, C.R., Österr. bot. Z. 76. 1876 (herbarium for sale).
- Hein, W.H. & H.D. Schwarz, Deut. Apoth. Biogr.2: 627-628. 1978 (biogr. details).
- Kirchner, G., *in* Beitr. Gesch. Pharmazie 23: 1-4. 1971.
- Schweinfurth, G., Echo d'Orient 10 Mar 1896. 1896 (n.v.); Bull. Inst. Égypt. Cairo ser. 3. 7: 5-16. 1897 (obit.), reprint Le Caire 1896, 13 p.
### Publications
##### n.11.937. Les plantes égyptiennes d'Ibn el Beïthar
**Title**
*Les plantes égyptiennes d'Ibn el Beïthar*... Le Caire \[Cairo\] (Imprimerie nationale) 1890. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Pl. égypt. Ibn el Beïthar*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1890, p. \[1\]-38. *Copy*: B. – Also published in Bull. Inst. Égypt. 10(2): 3-38. 1890.
##### n.11.938. Contributions à la flore d'Égypte
**Title**
*Contributions à la flore d'Égypte*... Le Caire \[Cairo\] 1901. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1901, p. \[i-ii, cover-t.p. and Vienna imprint\], \[167\]-335. *Copies*: Cornell, F, G, GB, H. – Issued and to be cited from Mém. Inst. Égypt. 4(2). 1901.