Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes Schweickerdt

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1903|2|28}}

| birth_place = Schmie, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1977|2|21|1903|2|28}}

| death_place = Pretoria, South Africa

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| nationality = German

| fields = Botany
Biology

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| author_abbrev_bot = Schweick.

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Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes Schweickerdt (28 February 1903, Schmie, Baden-Württemberg – 21 February 1977, Pretoria) was a German botanist.

In 1904 he moved with his parents to Pretoria, where he later studied at Transvaal University. From 1922 to 1924 he was a student at the University of Bonn (1922–24), later becoming a professor in Pretoria. From 1940 to 1964 he served as inspector of the Botanical Garden at the University of Göttingen.[http://www.herbarien.uzh.ch/static/database/sammlerdetails_de.php?id=453 Universität Zürich - Herbarien der Universität] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030700/http://www.herbarien.uzh.ch/static/database/sammlerdetails_de.php?id=453 |date=2016-03-04 }} (biographical information)

During his career he collected plants in Transvaal, South-West Africa, Rhodesia, Mozambique and Natal.[http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_search.php?mode=details&id=10929 HUH - Databases - Botanist Search] The plant species Gasteria schweickerdtiana is named after him.[http://www.calflora.net/southafrica/plantnamesP-Z.html Calflora] Flora of Southern Africa, Plant Names P-Z

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The H.G.W.J Schweickerdt Herbarium (PRU) at the University of Pretoria is named in his honour.