Fritz Noll was a German botanist who was born in Frankfurt am Main.

He studied natural history

Natural history

Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...

 and sciences at the Universities of Würzburg

University of Würzburg

The University of Würzburg is a university in Würzburg, Germany, founded in 1402. The university is a member of the distinguished Coimbra Group.-Name:...

, Marburg and Heidelberg. In 1887 he became an assistant to Julius Sachs at the University of Würzburg, and during the same year received his habilitation. In 1889 he was appointed etatsmäßigen professor at the agricultural academy at Poppelsdorf-Bonn, as well as an associate professor at the University of Bonn

University of Bonn

The University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in its present form in 1818, as the linear successor of earlier academic institutions, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany. The University of Bonn offers a large number...

. In 1907 he became a professor of botany at the University of Halle.

Noll made contributions involving research of plant physiology

Plant physiology

Plant physiology is a subdiscipline of botany concerned with the functioning, or physiology, of plants. Closely related fields include plant morphology , plant ecology , phytochemistry , cell biology, and molecular biology.Fundamental processes such as photosynthesis, respiration, plant nutrition,...

. With Eduard Strasburger

Eduard Strasburger

Eduard Adolf Strasburger was a German professor who was one of the most famous botanists of the 19th century....

, Heinrich Schenck

Heinrich Schenck

Johann Heinrich Rudolf Schenck was a German botanist who was a native of Siegen. He was a brother to geographer Adolf Schenck ....

 and Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper

Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper

Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper was a botanist and phytogeographer who made major contributions in the fields of histology, ecology and plant geography.-Biography:...

, he was co-author of a textbook that was later translated into English by the title "A Text-book of Botany".