Karl Immanuel Eberhard Ritter von Goebel FRS FRSE (8 March 1855,Billigheim,Baden – 9 October 1932,Munich)[1][2] was a German botanist.[3] His main fields of study were comparative functional anatomy,morphology, and the developmentalphysiology of plants under the influence of both phylogenetic and extrinsic factors.
Starting in 1873, Goebel studied theology and philosophy, as well as botany withWilhelm Hofmeister, at the University of Tuebingen. In 1876 he moved to Strasbourg, where he worked withAnton de Bary, and from which he graduated in 1877 with hisPh.D. In 1878, Goebel became assistant toJulius von Sachs, and in 1880 a lecturer at theUniversity of Würzburg. In 1881 he became first assistant toAugust Schenk of the University of Leipzig, then an associate professor at Strasbourg, and 1882 associate professor at theUniversity of Rostock, where in 1884 he founded the botanical garden and a botanical institute. From 1887–1891 he was a professor at Marburg, and from 1891–1931 at theUniversity of Munich, where he laid out the newBotanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg, and served as its first director. In 1885–1886 he undertook research trips toCeylon andJava, in 1890–1891Venezuela and thenBritish Guiana.[4]
Goebel was editor of "Flora" from 1889 onwards. In 1892 he became a full member of theBavarian Academy of Sciences (later serving as President). In 1910 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of theRoyal Society of Edinburgh.[5]
In 1911, botanistFranz Stephani publishedGoebeliellaceae, which is a family ofliverworts belonging to the orderPorellales. The family consists of only one genus:GoebeliellaSteph., which was named in Goebel's honour.[6]
In 1914 was named a foreign member of theAccademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome, and in 1926 was elected to theRoyal Society.[2][4] In 1931, he was awarded theLinnean Medal of the Linnean Society of London.
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