Veit Brecher Wittrock (5 May 1839 at district of
Dalsland – 1 September 1914 in
Stockholm) was a Swedish
botanist known for his work in the field of
phycology and for his research of the genus Viola.[1]
Biography
From 1857 to 1865 he studied at the
University of Uppsala, then spent the next thirteen years as a gymnasium teacher in
Uppsala. In 1878 he became an associate professor at the University of Uppsala. From 1879 to 1904 he served as a professor and curator of the botanical collections at the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet in
Stockholm. In Stockholm, he was also a professor and director of the Bergianska trädgården (1879–1914).[2]