Robert Caspary

Johann Xaver Robert Caspary (29 January 1818 – 18 September 1887) was a German botanist.

Afterwards, he spent considerable time in England studying marine and freshwater algae.

From 1851 he served as a lecturer at the University of Berlin, where he worked closely with Alexander Braun.

In 1859 he returned to Königsberg as a professor of botany and director of the botanical garden.

[1][2] He specialized in the study of aquatic plants, including extensive systematic research involving the family Nymphaeaceae (water lilies).