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Georg Ernst Ludwig Hampe

Georg Ernst Ludwig Hampe (July 5, 1795 – November 23, 1880) was a German pharmacist, botanist and bryologist who was a native of Fürstenberg.

In 1810 he became an apprentice pharmacist to his uncle in Brakel, and over the next fifteen years worked in a number of pharmacies at several locations, including in Halle an der Saale (where he became acquainted with botanist Kurt Sprengel 1766-1833), at the university pharmacy in Göttingen, in the town of Allendorf, and later in the city of Braunschweig.

In 1876 he sold his pharmacy in Blankenburg, and moved to Helmstedt, where he went to live with his son.



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