Carl Georg Oscar Drude

{{Short description|German botanist (1852–1933)}}

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Carl Georg Oscar Drude (5 June 1852 in Braunschweig – 1 February 1933 in Dresden) was a German botanist.

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From 1870 he studied science and chemistry at the Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig, relocating to the University of Göttingen the following year, where he was influenced by August Grisebach (1814-1879). In 1873 he obtained his PhD and subsequently served as an assistant to Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling (1798-1875).

From 1876 to 1879 he worked as a lecturer in botany at Göttingen, followed by an appointment as chair of botany at Dresden Technical University (1879). Here he served as director of its botanical gardens, which he systematically configured according to a phytogeographical principle. He remained at Dresden until his retirement in 1920, twice serving as university rector (1906-1907, 1918-1919).[http://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/chronob/DRUD1852.htm Charles Smith ChronoB Some Biogeographers, Evolutionists and Ecologists:] Chrono-Biographical Sketches (with photograph).

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He is known best for his research in the field of plant geography, that included mapping of the world's different floristic zones.[https://books.google.com/books?id=4a7yx73isIMC&dq=Grisebach+Drude&pg=PA243 Google Books] Geography, Volume 29[https://books.google.com/books?id=-skKAAAAYAAJ&dq=Grisebach+Drude+maps&pg=PA362 Google Books] Nature, Volume 37 edited by Sir Norman Lockyer With Adolf Engler (1844-1930), he was co-editor of Die Vegetation der Erde (1896-1928).

The plant species Ferula drudeana was named in his honor.