Henry Teuscher
German landscape architect

Henry Teuscher

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German landscape architect
A.K.A.
Teusch.
Gender:
Male
Places:
Germany
Is:
ScientistBotanistArchitectLandscape architect
Work field:
EngineeringScience
Birth:
8 May 1891
Death:
9 August 1984
Star sign:
Taurus
Residences
Germany, Germany
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Teuscher (center) with Marie-Victorin Kirouac, 1936

Heinrich (Henry) Teuscher (May 8, 1891 in Berlin – August 9, 1984 in Toronto) was a landscape architect, horticulturalist and botanist best known for having designed the Jardin Botanique de Montreal. He was also its first curator.

Professional recognition

Teuscher won the 1953 AHS Professional Award from the American Horticultural Society, as well as the 1962 Liberty Hyde Bailey Award and the American Public Gardens Association's 1978 Award for Merit. The genus of orchids Teuscheria is named for him.

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