What key details about karl friedrich schimper can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: karl friedrich schimper -lrb- 15 february 1803 -- 21 december 1867 -rrb- was a german botanist , naturalist and poet . born in mannheim , he was a theology student at heidelberg university and taught at munich university . he pioneered research in the field of plant morphology , particularly phyllotaxis . he is perhaps best known as the originator of the theory of prehistoric hot and cold eras , and was one of the initiators of the modern theories of ice ages and climatic cycles . he was a brother of botanist georg wilhelm schimper and cousin of botanist wilhelm philippe schimper . bill bryson states in his book '' a short history of nearly everything '' that karl schimper originated the idea of glaciation and proposed the radical idea that ice sheets had once covered much of europe , asia , and north america . however , schimper was known to be reluctant to write and never published his ideas . he discussed them with louis agassiz , who went on to appropriate the idea as his own and , much to schimper 's dismay , undeservedly received much of the credit for its origination .
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- caption is german naturalist and poet- death date is 21 december 1867- dead is dead- birth date is 15 february 1803- name is karl friedrich schimper- image is schimper_karl_friedrich_1866 . jpg