Ludwig Jost ForMemRS (born November 13, 1865 Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe

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 - 1947) was a German botanist, and university professor.

Life and work

After attending the Gymnasium in Karlsruhe, Jost studied natural sciences in Heidelberg, and in 1885 at the Kaiser Wilhelm University

University of Strasbourg

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. He obtained his PhD, and worked there until 1918 as a scientist. In 1918, he left for Heidelberg

Heidelberg

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Jost's main field was the physiology of plants.

Works

• Tree and forest. J. Springer, Berlin 1936, 2nd, revised edition by Fritz Overbeck. Springer, Berlin / New York / Paris 1952
• The emergence of the great discoveries in botany. Speech at the inauguration ceremony on the 18th kingdom January, 1930. Carl Winter, Heidelberg, 1930 (University of Heidelberg speeches; 9)
• Anton de Bary's centenary year. Life's work of a botanist of the 19th Century. G. Fischer, Jena, 1930
• with Gerta of Ubisch: The Winds question. W. de Gruyter & Co., Berlin, 1926
• Guide to the botanical garden in Heidelberg. Heidelberg 1922 [description of the contemporary state of the garden on the campus]
• The struggle for existence in the plant kingdom. Heitz, Strasbourg 1916 (Strasbourg, Rector's speech of 1 May 1916)
• Vorlesungen über Pflanzenphysiologie (Lectures on plant physiology). Fischer, Jena, 1913

External links

• "Ludwig Jost", German wikipedia