Frederik Christian Raben

 (1769 - 1838) 

 Count at Christiansholm on Lolland and amateur botanist. F.C. Raben travelled in Europe, Greenland and Brazil. He collected many plants during his visit in Brazil (1835 - 1838) and most of his herbarium (well over 1100 collections) belongs to the Botanical Museum in Copenhagen (C) and to the Herbarium in Meise (BR).

Literature:
Ryding O. 2002. Count F.C. Raben's Brazilian herbaria. Taxon 51: 369 - 376.
Malling G. 2002. Ålholm-grevarnas samlinger - et essay om naturhistorie og modernitet. 
Fortid og Nutid —Tidsskrift for kulturhistorie og lokalhistorie 2002: 83 - 102.

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Last updated 04 November. 2002