Who was Heinrich Wilhelm Schott?
Q: Who was Heinrich Wilhelm Schott?
A: Heinrich Wilhelm Schott was an Austrian botanist well known for his extensive work on aroids (Family Araceae).
Q: Where and when was he born?
A: He was born on 7 January 1794 in Brno, a city in Moravia that in those years was part of the Austrian Empire and that now is part of the Czech Republic.
Q: What did he study at the University of Vienna?
A: He studied botany, agriculture and chemistry at the University of Vienna, where he was a student of the botanist Joseph Franz von Jacquin (1766-1839).
Q: What did he do during the Austrian Brazil Expedition?
A: During the expedition from 1817 to 1821, Schott established and managed an introduction garden for accustoming living plants to more temperate climates in order to have them brought to Europe at a later date, made field trips, and prepared many notes concerning the plants and animals he saw.
Q: What position did he hold after returning to Vienna?
A: After returning to Vienna in 1821, Schott worked as gardener again. In 1828 he was appointed Hofgärtner (Royal Gardener) in Vienna, later serving as director of the Imperial Gardens at Schönbrunn Palace (1845).
Q: What project did he undertake in 1852?
A: In 1852 Schott undertook a project transforming part of palace gardens into an English garden.
Q: How did Schott enrich Viennese court gardens with his collections from Brazil?
A:He enriched Viennese court gardens with his collections from Brazil by bringing back live plants that had been acclimatized to more temperate climates.
