Walther Flemming

Walther Flemming
Born	21 April 1843 (1843-04-21) Sachsenberg, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany
Died	4 August 1905 (1905-08-05) (aged 62) Kiel, Germany
Education	University of Rostock, University of Prague
Known for	Cytogenetics, mitosis, chromosomes, chromatin
Parent(s)	Carl Friedrich Flemming and Auguste Winter
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Prague, University of Kiel

Walther Flemming (21 April 1843 – 4 August 1905) was a German biologist and a founder of cytogenetics.

He was born in Sachsenberg (now part of Schwerin) as the fifth child and only son of the psychiatrist Carl Friedrich Flemming (1799–1880) and his second wife, Auguste Winter. He graduated from the Gymnasium der Residenzstadt, where one of his colleagues and lifelong friends was writer Heinrich Seidel.