Veit Brecher Wittrock


Veit Brecher Wittrock was a Swedish botanist known for his work in the field of phycology and for his research of the genus Viola.

Biography

From 1857 to 1865 he studied at the University of Uppsala, then spent the next thirteen years as a gymnasium teacher in Uppsala. In 1878 he became an associate professor at the University of Uppsala. From 1879 to 1904 he served as a professor and curator of the botanical collections at the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet in Stockholm. In Stockholm, he was also a professor and director of the Bergianska trädgården.

Botanical eponymy

With Otto Nordstedt he edited the exsiccata series Algae aquae dulcis exsiccatae praecipue Scandinavicae quas adjectis algis marinis Chlorophyllaceis et Phycochromaceis distribuerunt Veit Wittrock et Otto Nordstedt, adjuvantibus Dr. P. T. Cleve et F. R. Kjellman, continued by superseding series until 1903.