Franz Firbas (born 4 June 1902 in Prague; died 19 February 1964 in Göttingen) was a German botanist who taught at the University of Göttingen.
[1] From 1952 to 1964, he was director of its Systematisch-Geobotanisches Institut.
[2] Former students include Otto Ludwig Lange,[3] Gerhard Lang and Heinz Ellenberg.
Firbas studied at the German branch of Charles University (German Charles-Ferdinand University) in Prague under Prof. K. Rudolph.
He was an assistant professor for a short time, before leaving to go to Germany.