Albert Wigand


Julius Wilhelm Albert Wigand was a German botanist.
In 1846 he received his PhD and started lecturing at the University of Marburg. He became director of the Alter Botanischer Garten Marburg in 1861. Being a strict Christian, he was opposed to Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. He advocated creationism and has been described as "strongly anti-Darwinian".

Selected publications