More on Mohr: his final Asheville, North Carolina days

Authors

  • L.J. Davenport Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Samford University
  • Kenneth J. Wurdack Department of Botany, Smithsonian University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v15.i1.1054

Abstract

German-born Charles Mohr (1824–1901) spent most of his adult life working as a pharmacist in Mobile, Alabama. In addition, he contributed multiple scientific and popular articles on the botany of the Southeastern United States. Suffering from many physical ailments, he sought treatment in thermal baths and cool climates, including Asheville, North Carolina. There he was able to work with botanists at the newly established Biltmore Herbarium. In early 1900, he and his family moved to Asheville, where he completed reading the proof of his magnum opus, Plant Life of Alabama. He died in Asheville 17 July 1901—two weeks before his book was published—and is buried there.

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Published

2021-07-23

How to Cite

Davenport, L., & Wurdack, K. J. (2021). More on Mohr: his final Asheville, North Carolina days. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 15(1), 121–124. https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v15.i1.1054