De correcte voornamen en geboortedatum van F.A.W. Miquel (F. A. W. Miquel's Correct Given Names and Date of Birth)

The full name and year of birth of German-born Dutch botanist F. A. W. Miquel are usually cited as Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel and 1811. In reality, he was born in 1810 and Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel was neither his legal name, nor a name he used himself. Miquel was baptized ridericus Antonius Wilhelmus Miquel, a name he never used either, and naturalized as a Dutch citizen under the name Frederik Anton Wilhelm Miquel, which he did use.