Georg August Pritzel (2 September 1815,
Carolath – 14 June 1874) was a German librarian and
botanical writer.
He studied in
Breslau, graduating with a dissertation titled Anemonarum revisio. In 1851 he began work as a Hülfsarbeiter at the royal library in Berlin, a post which eventually led to
curator duties. From 1855 onwards, he served as
archivist at the
Prussian Academy of Sciences.
Iconum Botanicarum index locupletissimus (1855-1866).
Die deutschen Volksnamen der Pflanzen (1884); (The German common names of plants), 24,000 plant names given. Completed by botanist
Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Jessen (1821–1889), after Pritzel's death in 1874.[1]