Ludwig Diels

Ludwig Emil Friedrich Diels was a German botanist, university teacher, and botanical collector. Born in Hamburg in 1874, he worked at the University of Marburg and the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin. His field of work included botany, and he conducted botanical collection in German New Guinea, Australia, and New Zealand. He was the son of Hermann Diels and the sibling of Otto Diels and Paul Diels.

Diels received his doctoral education under Adolf Engler. He was a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences. He received the Goethe Medal for Art and Science. Diels died in Berlin in 1945 and is buried there. His archives are held at the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.