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Also Known As Alexander Carl Heinrich Braun
Born May 10, 1805 • Regensburg
Died March 29, 1877 (aged 71) • Berlin • Germany
Notable Works “Betrachtungen über die Erscheinung der Verjüngung in der Natur…”
Subjects Of Study plant • cell theory • philosophy of biology

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