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Fritz Noll
1858–1908
A German botanist of the late 19th century, he helped shape the growing field of plant physiology and is especially remembered for early work on seedless fruit development. His career took him through several German universities and into some of the most active botanical research circles of his day.
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Lehrbuch der Botanik für Hochschulen
by Eduard Strasburger, Fritz Noll, H. (Heinrich) Schenck, A. F. W. (Andreas Franz Wilhelm) Schimper
About the author
Born in Frankfurt am Main on August 27, 1858, he studied natural history and the sciences at the universities of Würzburg, Marburg, and Heidelberg. He later worked with the influential botanist Julius Sachs at Würzburg, a strong link to the rise of experimental plant physiology in Germany.
His main field was plant physiology. He taught at the University of Bonn and later at the University of Halle, where he continued his research and academic work. He is often noted for early contributions to the study of parthenocarpy, the development of fruit without fertilization.
He died in Halle in June 1908, relatively young, but his work remains part of the history of modern botany. Even in a short career, he was connected to an important moment when plant science was becoming more experimental and closely tied to laboratory research.