> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 218](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259722) of TL-2 Suppl. VII > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112561790) QID Q112561790 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Fischer, Wilhelm Johannes (1892-1977), Swiss-born German ornithologist and botanist, born 21 Oct 1892 in Fehrultdorf (Kt. Zürich), attended schools in Winnenden and Cannstatt, studied natural history in Stuttgart 1910-1911 and later in Tübingen, Dr. Sci. (ornithology) 1913, visited the Mediterranean area, teacher at the botanical inst. of the technical high school in Stuttgart, died 18 Nov 1977. **Abbreviated name**: *W. Fisch.* #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 544; IH-2: 198; Plesch p. 223; TL-2/5: 1029 (index). #### Biofile - Anon., Intl. address book botanists: 136. 1931. (as "Fischer, W.") - Hedemann-Heespen, B.v., 1912. Die Heimat 22: 33-39 (portr.), 59-67. - Kauffman, F., 1911. Zeitschr. Gesellsch. Schlesw.-Holst. Geschichte 140: i-xii. (bibl., portr.) - Sass, J., 1914. *In*, A. Bettelheim, Biogr. Jahrb. Deutscher Nekrol. 16: 106-108. #### Eponymy For eponyms based on the name Fischer, cf. sub E. and F.E.L. Fischer (in TL-2/1). #### Outside our period Fischer authored or contributed to several botanical vols. in the *Kosmos-Bändchen* and *Kosmos Naturführer* series. ### Publications ##### n.34.641. Pflanzenleben Italiens **Title** *Pflanzenleben Italiens*... Berlin (Grieben-Verlag...) 1927. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pfl.-leben Italiens*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1927 (Nat. Nov. Mai 1927), cover-t.p., p. \[3\]-112, *pl. 1-15* (uncol. phot.). *Copy*: L. – Issued in series, Grieben-Bücher für Natur und Kunst. *Note*: Described by Plesch (p. 223) as 112 p., 25 phot. on *8 pl*.