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Johann Hedwig
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Johann Hedwig , 1730-99, German botanist, b. Transylvania. He was an authority on the lower plants, especially mosses, and was professor at the Univ. of Leipzig from 1786. The moss genus Hedwigia is named for him.
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