Information compiled by Lisa Giencke, November
2005
Heinrich "Henry" Eggert was born
in 1841 in Prussia where he lived until immigrating to the United
States in 1873. After settling in St. Louis, Missouri, he continued
with his hobby of botanical collecting that had begun in Prussia.
While earning money delivering newspapers and selling grape seeds
to the European wine industry, he was able to also collect about
60,000 botanical specimens. After his suicide in 1904, his collections
were bought by the Missouri Botanical Garden.
The UNC Herbarium has about 20 specimens
collected by Henry Eggert between 1875 - 1899. His early collections
(1870s) are from Missouri and Illinois, while his later collections
(1890s) are from Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina
and Tennessee. His specimens have come to UNC through acquisitions
of the W. W. Ashe Herbarium and the Jesup Herbarium of Dartmouth
College.
Source: Yatskievych, George. Steyermark's flora of Missouri.
