Josephine Kablik

Josephine Kablik
Portrait by Quido Mánes, 1860
Born
Josephine Ettel

(1787-03-09)9 March 1787
Vrchlabí, Bohemia
Died21 July 1863(1863-07-21) (aged 76)
Vrchlabí, Bohemia
Other namesJosefina Kablíková
OccupationsBotanist, paleontologist
SpouseAdalbert Kablik

Josephine Ettel Kabli[c]k, also given as Josefina Kablíková (9 March 1787 – 21 July 1863), was a Czech pioneering botanist and paleontologist. She studied under the best botanists of her time. She collected plant and fossil samples for institutions throughout Europe. Several fossil animals and plants described from her collections. The plant species Petasites kablikianus and the fossil organism Amphisauropus kablikae are named in her honour.

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