Georg August Pritzel
Georg August Pritzel was a German librarian and botanical writer.
He studied in Breslau, graduating with a dissertation titled Anemonarum revisio. In 1851 he began work as a Hülfsarbeiter at the royal library in Berlin, a post which eventually led to curator duties. From 1855 onwards, he served as archivist at the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
Principal works
- ; first published in 1851, it contains literature from ancient times to his present. Research involved examination of 40,000 works in libraries at Vienna, Geneva, London, Paris and various German locations.
- Iconum Botanicarum index locupletissimus.
- Die deutschen Volksnamen der Pflanzen ;, 24,000 plant names given. Completed by botanist Karl [Friedrich Wilhelm Jessen], after Pritzel's death in 1874.