Abraham Munting

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Abraham Munting (born June 19, 1626 in Groningen ; † January 31, 1683 ibid) was a Dutch botanist .

Live and act

Abraham Munting is the son of Hendrik Munting (1583–1658). He attended Latin school and enrolled on January 15, 1645 to study at the University of Groningen . Under Martin Schook , Munting graduated there with the work of De Turff, sive de crespitibus bituminosis . Since his father insisted that he should one day take over the plant garden he had created and which is known throughout Europe, Munting continued his studies. He attended the universities of Franeker , Utrecht and Leiden , went to France in 1649 and received his doctorate in Angers . In 1651 Munting returned to Groningen. After the death of his father in 1658, he took over the management of the Botanical Gardens of Groningen and became professor of botany at the city's university.

In 1672 Munting published the work Waare Oeffening der Planten with 40 engravings , which was followed by a second edition in 1682. The successful work was published in a third edition in 1696, now with 245 illustrations, and translated into Latin by Franz Kiggelaer in 1702 .

After his death, his son Albert Munting took over the management of the Botanical Gardens in Groningen in 1683.

Honor taxon

Charles Plumier named the genus Muntingia of the Muntingiaceae plant family in his honor . Carl von Linné later took over this name.

Fonts (selection)

De vera antiquorum herba Britannica, etc. (Amsterdam, 1681)
  • Waare Oeffening Der Planten, Waar In De Rechts Aart, Natuire, en hidden eigenschappen der Boomen, Heesteren, Kruiden, ende Bloemen, Door een veeljaarige onderzoekinge, zelfs gevonden . Printed by Jan Rieuwertsz, Amsterdam 1672 ( online ); Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
  • De Vera Antiquorum Herba Britannica Ejusdemque efficacia contra Stomacaccen, seu Scelotyrben . Printed by Hieronymus Sweerts , Amsterdam 1681.
  • Aloidarium, Sive Aloës Mucronato Folio Americanæ Majoris, Aliarumque ejusdem speciei Historia: in qua Floridi illius Temporis, Loci, Naturæ, Culturæ, nec non Qualitatum Ratio paucis enarratur . Amsterdam 1680 - together with the next work:
  • Nauwkeurige beschrijving the aardgewassen. waarin de veelerley aarten bijzondere the booms, heesters, kruyden, bleomen, met haare vrugten, zaden, wortelen en bollen, neevens derzelver waare voort-teeling, lukkige aanwinning en heylzaame geneeskrachten, na den veelinding-jarige oeffening en drieervening en own ondervening onderscheide boeken, naauwkeuriglijk beschreeven . Utrecht / Leiden 1696 ( online ).
  • Phytographia Curiosa, exhibens Arborum, Fruticum, Herbarum & Florum Icones… Amsterdam / Leiden 1702.

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literature

  • Abraham Jacob van der Aa : Biographical woordenboek der Nederlanden . Van Brederode, Haarlem 1852–1878.
  • Jean Noël Paquot: Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire littéraire des dix-sept provinces des Pays-Bas, de la principauté de Liége, et de quelques contrées voisines . Impr. Académique, Louvain 1763-1770.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Charles Plumier: Nova Plantarum Americanarum Genera . Leiden 1703, p. 41.
  2. ^ Carl von Linné: Critica Botanica . Leiden 1737, p. 93.
  3. ↑ Carl von Linné: Genera Plantarum . Leiden 1742, p. 229.

further reading

  • Aria Johan Vanderjagt : 'Des werrelds tuin': Henricus (1583−1658) en Abraham (1626−1683) Munting: overwinnaars van de natuur in Groningen . In: 'Oefenschool der muzen, werkplaats der wetenschap': de stichting van de Groninger academie in 1614 . Lost, Hilversum 2014, ISBN 978-90-367-4669-4 , pp. 191-212.

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personal data
SURNAME Munting, Abraham
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch botanist
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1626
PLACE OF BIRTH Groningen
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1683
Place of death Groningen