August Batsch

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August Johann Georg Karl Batsch (born October 28, 1761 in Jena ; † September 29, 1802 there ) was a German botanist , doctor and writer. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Batsch ".

Live and act

Batsch, who was taught in the city school and later had private lessons, showed an early inclination towards the natural sciences, especially botany. In 1772 he began studying medicine and natural history at the University of Jena , where he was awarded a Dr. phil. received his doctorate. From 1782 to 1783 he worked as a private lecturer in botany and zoology at the University of Jena and from 1784 to 1786 he was administrator of the Count's Reuss-Plauian natural history collection in Köstritz.

1786 he received his doctorate at Justus Christian Loder Dr. med. In 1788 he became an associate professor (especially for botany and chemistry ) and in 1792 full professor for natural history at the medical faculty. In 1793 he founded the Natural Research Society in Jena . In 1794 he founded the Botanical Garden in Jena and took over its management as director. Batsch also advised Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on botanical issues.

In his work Elenchus fungorum… , which comprises three volumes, around 200 species of mushrooms are described and shown on colored panels. Since the location information is often very precise, the work is not only important for the mushroom system, but also for the floristry of the mushrooms .

Under the name 'Ritter a Tribus rosis' he was a member of the Masonic obedience of the Strict Observance . He had also joined the Illuminati Order under the name of the order 'Flavianus' or 'Florian' and became secretary of the Minerval Church in Weimar ; 1783 ' Presbyter '.

Taxonomic honor

A newly discovered genus of plants from the legume family (Fabaceae) was named Batschia in his honor . Wilhelm Zopf named the brown acorn cup ( Ciboria batschiana ) after Batsch.

Fonts

  • Elenchus fungorum . Gebauer, Halae Magdeburgicae 1783, DNB  1123508054 , urn : nbn: de: hebis: 30: 3-93188 .
  • Natural history of the tapeworm genus in general and its species in particular, based on recent observations, written in a systematic extract . JJ Gebauer, Halle 1786, 298 S., digitized online at the Göttingen digitization center.
  • Dissertatio inauguralis botanica sistens dispositionem generum plantarum Jenensium secundum Linnaeum et familias naturales… Jenae 1786, OCLC 12212757 (dissertation).
  • Attempt at a guide to the knowledge and history of plants: designed for academic lectures and provided with the necessary illustrations. 1, general introduction. Knowledge of the plant body, its parts, and its life. Scientific treatment… Gebauer, Halle 1787, urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10300964-0 .
  • Attempt at a guide to the knowledge and history of plants: designed for academic lectures and provided with the necessary illustrations. 2, Strange species of plants arranged according to their similarities. Cultivation and use . Gebauer, Halle 1788, doi : 10.5962 / bhl.title.46561 .
  • Attempt at a guide to the knowledge and history of animals and minerals. 1, General History of Nature; especially of mammals, birds, amphibians, and fish . Academic bookstore, Jena 1788, doi : 10.5962 / bhl.title.79854 .
  • Attempt at a guide to the knowledge and history of animals and minerals. 2, Special history of insects, worms, and minerals . Academic bookstore, Jena 1789, urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10074787-9 .
  • Botanical remarks . Gebauer, Halle 1791, urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10300958-6 .
  • Tabula affinitatum regni vegetabilis . Vinaria 1802, doi : 10.5962 / bhl.title.7569 .

literature

  • Ilse Jahn : On the founding and development history of the Jena Botanical Gardens (from 1586 to 1864). In: Scientific journal of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Scientific series. 37. Vol. 1, 1988, pp. 17-25.
  • Igor J. Polianski : The art of presenting nature, the aestheticization of botany around 1800 and Goethe's founding of the botanical garden in Jena in the field of tension between art theoretical and botanical discussions of the time. Walther König, Jena / Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-88375-867-1 .
  • Igor J. Polianski: Natural system, system aesthetics and the survival of physics theology. A botanical history of Jena around 1800. In: Reinhard Wegner (Hrsg.): Art - The other nature. Göttingen 2004, pp. 125-172, ISBN 978-3-525-47500-3 .
  • Hermann goat bacon :  Batsch, August Johann Georg Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 628 f. ( Digitized version ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]

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personal data
SURNAME Batsch, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Batsch, August Johann Georg Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Jena
DATE OF DEATH September 29, 1802
Place of death Jena