Otto Porsch

Otto Porsch
Born	September 12, 1875(1875-09-12) Vienna Austria-Hungary
Died	January 2, 1959(1959-01-02) (aged 83) Vienna Austria
Nationality	Austrian
Notable awards	Lieben Prize

Otto Porsch 12 September 1875 – 2 January 1959) was an Austrian biologist.

After his Ph.D he worked with Gottlieb Haberlandt in Graz and did his habilitation with Richard Wettstein in Vienna. He became first director of the botanical garden in Czernowitz (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine) and later professor at the University of Czernowitz (now Chernivtsi University). Porsch became director of the botanical institute in Vienna in 1920. He retired in 1945 and died in 1959.

References

• E. Schimitschek (1959). "Professor Dr. Otto Porsch". Journal of Pest Science 32 (4): 61–62. doi:10.1007/BF02000523. 
• "Otto Porsch". http://www.zobodat.at/D/runD/D/cacheD/personen_details.php?nr=25612. 

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Name	Porsch, Otto
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Date of birth	12 September 1875
Place of birth	Vienna Austria-Hungary
Date of death	2 January 1959
Place of death	Vienna Austria