Arthur Meyer
German botanist

Arthur Meyer

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German botanist
A.K.A.
Art.Mey.
Gender:
Male
Places:
Germany
Is:
ScientistBotanist
Work field:
Science
Birth:
1850
Death:
1922(Marburg, Germany)
Residences
Germany, Germany
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Arthur Meyer (1850–1922) was a German botanist, cell biologist, and pharmacognosist. Meyer is known for his pioneering work describing the structure of chloroplasts (which Meyer called "autoplasts") and other plastids. He was the first to name and describe the chlorophyll-containing structures in chloroplasts known as grana.

Meyer spent his academic career at the University of Marburg. He was a member of the Marburg Circle, an interdisciplinary biological discussion group centered on Emil Adolf von Behring.

The standard author abbreviation Art.Mey. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

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  • Wissenschaftliche Drogenkunde : ein illustriertes Lehrbuch der Pharmakognosie u. eine wissenschaftliche Anleitung zur eingehenden botanischen Untersuchung pflanzlicher Drogen für Apotheker. Band 1 . Gaertner, Berlin 1891 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
  • Wissenschaftliche Drogenkunde : ein illustriertes Lehrbuch der Pharmakognosie u. eine wissenschaftliche Anleitung zur eingehenden botanischen Untersuchung pflanzlicher Drogen für Apotheker. Band 2 . Gaertner, Berlin 1892 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf