Friedrich Martini (doctor)

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New systematic Conchylia cabinet

Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini (born August 31, 1729 in Ohrdruf ; † June 27, 1778 in Berlin ) was a German physician and naturalist.

Life

Martini began studying theology at the University of Jena , but then switched to medicine. In 1757 he received his doctorate from the University of Frankfurt an der Oder . From 1758 to 1764 Martini worked as a physician in Artern and then settled as a practicing doctor in Berlin .

Martini founded the first scientific-medical society there in 1764 with the learned journal society for pharmacy, economy and natural history . In 1773 he was the founder of the Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin , after having got to know the pre-existing Naturforschender Gesellschaft in Danzig . He later became their honorary member.

In 1769 Martini began to publish the New Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet , of which three volumes had appeared before his death. The further publication of the work was carried out by Johann Hieronymus Chemnitz . On February 15, 1769 he was given the academic surname Apollinus III. elected as a member (matriculation number 714) of the Leopoldina .

From 1774 the general history of nature appeared in alphabetical order , the editors of which were subsequently Friedrich Wilhelm Otto and after this Johann Georg Krünitz .

Fonts

  • New systematic Conchylia Cabinet, arranged and described by Friedrich Heinrich Martini. Volume 1-3. 1769-1778. doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.43760
  • General history of nature in alphabetical order. Volume 1-4. 1774-1778. (Author: Buffon et al .; translation into German and adaptation: Martini)
  • Natural history of the four-footed animals. Volume 1–5 Berlin (of a total of 23 volumes), 1772–1801, (Author: Buffon et al .; translation into German and arrangement: Martini)
  • Natural history of birds , Volume 1–7, Berlin, 1772–1809, (Author: Buffon et al .; translation into German and adaptation: Martini)

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  3. ^ Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the Imperial Leopoldino-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 228 ( digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Martini, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martini, Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician and natural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1729
PLACE OF BIRTH Ohrdruf
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 1778
Place of death Berlin