Christian Friedrich Schwägrichen (16 September 1775,
Leipzig – 2 May 1853, Leipzig) was a German
botanist specializing in the field of
bryology.
In 1799, he obtained his medical doctorate from the
University of Leipzig, where he was later an associate professor of
natural history (1803–1815) and afterwards a full professor on the same subject (1815–1852). Concurrently, he served as an associate professor of botany (1807–1852) at Leipzig.[1]
Prior to 1837, he was director of the
botanical garden at Leipzig, being succeeded by
Gustav Kunze, a specialist in the field of
pteridology. Schwägrichen died on 2 May 1853 as the result of a fall down a flight of stairs.[1][2]
"Topographiae botanicae et entomologicae Lipsiensis", four volumes, (1799-1806).
"Joannis Hedwig...species muscorum frondosorum descriptae et tabulis aeneis lxxvii coloratis illustratae /opus posthumum, editum a Friderico Schwaegrichen". Lipsiae (Leipzig) : sumtu J. A. Barthii ; Parisiis, A. Koenig, 1801. (as editor, main author
Johann Hedwig).[6]
"Catalogue of the Hedwig-Schwägrichen Herbarium (G)". by Michelle J Price, (2005).[7]
Leitfaden zum Unterrichte in der Naturgeschichte für Schulen, two volumes, (1803) - Guide towards the teaching of
natural history in schools.
Anleitung zum Studium der Botanik, Leipzig (1806) - Guide to studies of botany.