Purported self-portrait from circa 1852

Michal Hieronim Leszczyc-Suminski (born 30 September 1820 in Ośno - died 26 May 1898 in Tharandt) was a Polish botanist, painter and art collector. He was an alumnus of Humboldt University of Berlin.

Biography

He married Anne Hudson (1830–1874), the daughter of George Hudson, the so-called Railway King of England.[1]

Scientific achievements

  • Zur Entwickelungs-Geschichte der Farrnkräuter (German) (English, The Evolution of Ferns (1848).

Art

References

  1. ↑ Lambert. Robert S., "The Railway King 1800-1871", at 291 (George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1934).
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