Kasimir Christoph Schmidel

Kasimir Christoph Schmidel , also Casimir and Schmiedel (born November 21, 1718 in Bayreuth , † December 18, 1792 in Erlangen ) was a German doctor and botanist . His official botanical author name is " Schmidel ".

Life

Schmidel studied pharmacy and natural sciences in Gera , Halle and Jena . In 1742 he received his doctorate and initially worked as a general practitioner. Later he was appointed professor of pharmacology at the newly founded University of Bayreuth , after which he moved to Erlangen . On January 18, 1750 he was elected member ( matriculation number 561 ) of the Leopoldina with the academic surname Oribasius II .

In 1763 Schmidel was appointed personal physician to the Margrave of Ansbach ; however, he soon resigned from this position. As a naturalist, he then published Gesner's botanical estate.

A special achievement is the discovery of the antheridia and their function in liverworts .

Schmidel published the estate of the Swiss naturalist Conrad Gessner (1516–1565) under the title Conradi Gesneri Opera botanica ( 1751–1771 ).

Honors

After him, the plant genus Schmidelia is Boehm. from the family of Boraginaceae named (Boraginaceae).

Works

Icones plantarum et analyzes partium… (1747–1751, further editions 1763–1775 and 1781–1783).

literature

Wilhelm Hess : Schmidel, Kasimir Christoph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 700.
Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann , Jena 1860, p. 220 digitized
Willi Ule : History of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the years 1852–1887 . With a look back at the earlier times of its existence. Commissioned by Wilhelm Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1889, supplements and additions to Neigebaur's history, p. 160 ( archive.org ).
Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .

Web links

Member entry of Casimir Christoph Schmidel at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed December 2, 2017th
Works by and about Kasimir Christoph Schmidel in the German Digital Library
Author entry and list of the plant names described for Kasimir Christoph Schmidel at the IPNI

Individual evidence

^ Karl Mägdefrau : History of Botany. 2nd edition, Springer, 1992, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-39399-0 (reprint), p. 42.
↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Schmidel, Kasimir Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schmidel, Casimir Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German doctor and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 21, 1718
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bayreuth
DATE OF DEATH	December 18, 1792
Place of death	gain

[1] Karl Mägdefrau : History of Botany. 2nd edition, Springer, 1992, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-39399-0 (reprint), p. 42.

[Burkhardt_2018-2] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .