Henry Potonié

Henry Potonié (16 November 1857 – 28 November 1913) was a German botanist and paleobotanist, known for his studies of coal formation.

Potonié was born in Berlin. He studied botany at the University of Berlin, and from 1880 served as a research assistant in the botanical garden at Berlin. In 1885 he became associated with the Prussian Geological Survey, and from that time, devoted most of his time to paleobotanical research. In 1891 he was appointed professor of paleobotany at the Mining Academy in Berlin, then around 1901, became a professor of paleobotany and geology at the university.

In 1888, he became editor of the ''Naturwissenschaftliche Wochenschrift'', a periodical that he was associated with for 24 years, and supported several associations devoted to popularize science in Berlin, such as the Urania.

He lived at Potsdamer Straße 35 in Groß-Lichterfelde (now a part of Berlin), where he died in 1913, aged 56. Provided by Wikipedia