Ulrich Willerding (8 July 1932 – 20 December 2021[1]) was a professor of botany at the Göttingen University, Germany.
He was also an instructor at a local high school.
Willerding was one of the leading European palaeo-ethnobotanists.
[2] He had specialized in Medieval Europe but also done work on other times.
Although a biologist by training, he had worked extensively with archaeologists.