August Heintze

Swedish botanist (1881–1941)

(Sven) August Heintze (1881–1941) (sometimes spelled Heinze) was a Swedish botanist. Life. Heintze was born on 26 September 1881 to Fredrik and Kerstin (née Svensson) Heintze in Skurup, Skåne. He had a younger sister, Anna Maria (b. 1889). He enrolled as a student at Lund University in 1901. He graduated in 1906, and earned his doctorate in 1913. His first position was as a teacher at Uddevalla kommunalgymnasium. Heintze died on 6 May 1941 in Stockholm, and is buried in the Skurups Norra Kyrkogård ("Skurup's Northern Cemetery"). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Heintze

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