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Franz Josef Ruprecht (1 November 1814 – 4 April 1870) was an Austrian-born physician and botanist active in the Russian Empire, where he was known as Frants Ivanovič Ruprekht (Russian: Франц Ива́нович Ру́прехт).
Franz Josef Ruprecht
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| Born | (1814-11-01)1 November 1814 |
| Died | 4 April 1870(1870-04-04) (aged 55)
Saint Petersburg
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He was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, and grew up in Prague, where he studied, and graduated as Doctor of Medicine in 1836. After a short period in medical practice in Prague, he was appointed curator of the herbarium of the Russian Academy of SciencesinSaint Petersburg in 1839.
In July and August 1841, together with a colleague, professor Sawelhaw of the Russian Academy, he organised and accompanied an expedition to the island to Kolguyev Island in the Barents Sea.[1]
He served as assistant director of the Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden between 1851 and 1855, and professor of botany in 1855 at the University of Saint Petersburg.[2] He died in Saint Petersburg in 1870.
He described many new plants collected in the Russian Far East, including Alaska, then under Russian rule; examples include Adiantum aleuticum, Lonicera maackii, and Phellodendron amurense.
The genus Ruprechtia is named after him.[3]
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