Eduard Lucas

He worked at the botanical gardens in Munich (from 1838) and Regensburg (from 1841), and from 1843 taught classes at the Agricultural and Forestry Institute in Hohenheim.

[1] With Johann Georg Conrad Oberdieck, he was editor of the Monatsschrift für Pomologie und praktischen Obstbau ("Monthly journal of pomology and practical fruit growing", 1855–64); later known as the Illustrirte Monatshefte für Obst- und Weinbau (1865–74) and the Pomologische Monatshefte (from 1875 onward).

With Oberdieck and Friedrich Jahn, he was editor of the 8-volume Illustrirtes Handbuch der Obstkunde ("Illustrated Handbook of Pomology"; 1859–75).

[2] He is credited for improving and expanding upon the fruit classification system earlier developed by Adrian Diel.

[4] The Eduard-Lucas-Medaille is an award offered by the Verein zur Erhaltung und Förderung alter Obstsorten (Association for the Conservation and Promotion of Old Fruit Varieties).