Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz (5 May 1834 – 15 January 1878) was a German botanist and garden director in Bogor, West Java and Kolkata.
In September of the same year, he joined the Botanic Garden at Buitenzoorg where he had access to a large library and worked with botanists.
In 1864, he was induced by Thomas Anderson, who was visiting the Dutch colonies to examine cinchona cultivation, to return with him to Calcutta as curator of the herbarium, a post he held till his death.
While in the South Andamans, he was attacked and tied up in the forest by convicts, leading to the abandonment of the project and his return to Calcutta.
In 1867 he was asked to write botany texts for forest officers in British Burma which led him to travel and collect in the region.