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Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Richter, Lajos, 1844-1917
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Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Richter, Ludwig, 1844-1917
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Description area
Dates of existence
1844-1917
History
Lajos (Ludwig) Richter was born in 1844 in Tóalmás, Jászberény, Hungary.
He was a Hungarian office worker and amateur botanist and plant collector. He made extensive collections in Algeria, Hungary, Iran, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and possessed an immense herbarium. It was purchased by the Hungarian government but its current status is unknown. A large portion was acquired by the Natural History Museum, London, with the Shuttleworth herbarium in 1877.
He died in 1917 in Budapest, Hungary.