Michal Hieronim Leszczyc-Suminski (born 30 September 1820 - died 26 May 1898) was a Polish botanist, painter and art collector. He was an alumnus of Humboldt University of Berlin.
Biography
editLeszczyc-Suminski was born on 30 September 1820 in Ośno.
Leszczyc-Sumiński married Anne Hudson (1830–1874), the daughter of George Hudson, the so-called Railway King of England.[1]
Leszczyc-Suminski died on 26 May 1898 in Tharandt at the age of 77.
Scientific achievements
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He made significant discoveries regrading the reproduction of ferns.[2]
- Zur Entwickelungs-Geschichte der Farrnkräuter (German) (English, The Evolution of Ferns (1848).
Art
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References
edit- ^ Lambert. Robert S., "The Railway King 1800-1871", at 291 (George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1934).
- ^ Domański, Cezary W. (2004). "Michał Hieronim Leszczyc-Sumiński (1820-1898) - a Biography and Psychological Portrait of the Polish Naturalist and Explorer" (PDF). Organon. 33.
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