edited until his death, the classical Jahrbücher für wissenschaftliche Botanik, which still bears his name. He was also founder, in 1882, and first president, of the German Botanical Society. His work was for the most part carried on in his private laboratory in Berlin; he only held a teaching post of importance for four years, 1864–1868, when he was professor at Jena. In early life he was a keen politician on the Liberal side. He died in Berlin. A fuller account of Pringsheim's career will be found in Nature, (1895) vol. Ii., and in the Berichte der deutschen botanischen Gesellschaft, (1895) vol. xiii. The latter is by his friend and colleague, Ferdinand Cohn. In 1866 botanist Stephan Schulzer von Müggenburg published Pringsheimia (a genus of fungi, in Saccotheciaceae family) and named in Pringsheim's honour. Then in 1920 Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel published in Ann. Mykol. vol.18 Pringsheimiella, which is a genus of green algae, in the family Ulvellaceae. In 1939, John Nathaniel Couch published Pringsheimiella (a genus of fungi). The standard botanical author abbreviation Pringsh. is applied to species he described. See also Pringsheim Notes References Attribution A fuller account of Pringsheim's career will be found in: Nature, (1895) vol. Ii. Ferdinand Cohn (1895) Berichte der deutschen botanischen Gesellschaft, vol. xiii. External links Jewish Encyclopedia 1823 births 1894 deaths People from Olesno County Phycologists Botanists with author abbreviations 19th-century German botanists German mycologists Members of the Prussian Academy of Sciences People from the Province of Silesia University of Breslau alumni Leipzig University alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin Academic staff of the University of Jena