Heinrich Hildmann
Heinrich Hildmann was a German plantsman who specialized in cactus. Born in Riethnordhausen, Thuringia on March 13, 1844, he trained as a gardener at the Haage and Schmidt nurseries in Erfurt. He went to Paris about 1866 to work in the cactus nursery of Charles Pfersdorff, before opening his own nursery in Lyon. Returning to Germany at the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War he established a cactus nursery in Berlin, later locating in the nearby town of Birkenwerder. He sold the business in 1891 but continued as advisor to the new owner for several years. He was a member of the Brandenburg Botanical Society from 1892 until his death.
