Carl Eduard (Carl) Cramer (1831–1901)

Swiss botanist. Studied at Zurich and Freiburg im Breisgau with C. W. von Nägeli; DPhil., 1855. Lecturer in botany, Zurich, 1857; professor, 1861–1901. Director of the university botanic gardens, Zurich, 1882–93. Worked on the genealogy and growth of plant cells as well as on bacteriology and mycology.