Carl Albert Weber


Carl Albert Weber was a German botanist. He specialized in studies of original bog vegetation, the botanical composition of peat and on the developmental history of peatlands.

Biography

He studied under Alexander Braun at the University of Berlin and with Julius von Sachs at Würzburg. After receiving his PhD in 1879, he worked as an assistant under Anton de Bary at the University of Strasbourg. From 1884 to 1894 he was a teacher at the agricultural institute in Hohenwestedt, followed by 30 years of research as a botanist at the Preußische Moor-Versuchsstation in Bremen. In 1909 he obtained the title of professor. In retirement he remained active in peat bog research.

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