Christian Gottlieb Ludwig

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Christian Gottlieb Ludwig, engraving by JJ Haid after EG Haußmann

Christian Gottlieb Ludwig (born April 30, 1709 in Brieg (Silesia); † May 7, 1773 in Leipzig , also cited as: Christian Gottlieb Ludewig ) was a German doctor and botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Ludw. "

Life

Christian Gottlieb Ludwig, son of a shoemaker, grew up in Brieg ( Silesia ), where he also attended grammar school. He studied medicine and natural sciences in Brieg and from 1728 in Leipzig , with a special focus on botany . For lack of money he had to break off his studies, but in 1730/1731 he took a job as a botanist on an expedition to Africa led by the doctor Johann Ernst Hebenstreit , which was financed by the king . After his return in 1733, he finished his studies in Leipzig and held lectures at the University of Leipzig from 1736 as a master's degree . On November 1, 1737 he received his doctorate there with Christoph Friedrich Haase and Augustin Friedrich Walther Dr. med. and in 1740 became an associate professor of medicine. In 1747 he was promoted to full professor ( professor ) Medicine ( Anatomy and Surgery named) in Leipzig (1755 Pathology , 1758 therapy ) and took over from Justus Gottfried Güntz. He was temporarily dean of the medical faculty.

One of Ludwig's students was Johann Carl Gehler (1732–1796). During his time as a student, he had lively discussions with Goethe about botanical classification. Ludwig corresponded frequently with Linnaeus and other botanists of his time. Ludwig was also known as a poet and orator in Leipzig society.

CG Ludwig was the father of Christian Ludwig (1749–1784), a Leipzig physician and translator of the experiments of Joseph Priestley . His other son Christian Friedrich Ludwig (1751–1823) also earned a reputation as a doctor.

Honors

In honor of Ludwig, Carl von Linné named the hayweed genus as Ludwigia .

Fonts

  • De vegetatione plantarum marinarum (1736)
  • De sexu plantarum ( dissertation , 1737); Lipsiae: Ex officina Langenhemiana.
  • De deglutitione naturali et praepostera… Leipzig, 1737 (dissertation under Augustin Friedrich Walther)
  • Definitions plantarum in usum auditorum . Leipzig, 1737
  • Institvtiones historico-physicae regni vegetabilis in usum auditorum adornatae… Leipzig, Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch, 1742.
  • Institutiones medicinae clinicae praelectionibus academicis accomodatae (1758)
  • De lumbricis intestina perforantibus (1761)
  • Ectypa vegetabilium (1760-1764); (a well-known work with natural self- print images)
  • Adversaria medico-practica (3 volumes 1769–1773)
  • Commentarii de rebus in scientia naturali et medicina gestis (journal 1752–1806, co-founder)
  • Instructions for legal medical science: translated from the second edition by Ernest Gottlob Bosens. Leipzig: Gleditsch, 1779. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volker Klimpel : Justus Gottfried Güntz (1714–1754). Some remarks on the person and work of the Saxon doctor. In: Würzburg medical history reports. 14, Vol. 14, 1996, pp. 421-426; here: p. 421.
  2. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
personal data
SURNAME Ludwig, Christian Gottlieb
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ludewig, Christian Gottlieb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1709
PLACE OF BIRTH Brieg , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 1773
Place of death Leipzig