Franz Xaver Schöpfer (pharmacist)

Franz Xaver Schöpfer (baptized December 3, 1778 in Innsbruck ; † October 11, 1855 there ) was an Austrian pharmacist, physician and natural scientist .

The son of the Innsbruck court pharmacist Mathäus Michael Schöpfer received his doctorate in medicine from the University of Innsbruck in 1801 . Franz Xaver Schöpfer studied chemistry, botany and natural history at the University of Vienna with Joseph Franz von Jacquin and Peter Jordan . From 1806 Schöpfer taught chemistry, pharmaceutics and natural history at the University of Innsbruck as an associate professor. In 1822, Schöpfer obtained a master's degree in pharmacy from the University of Padua . After the death of his father, he took over the Innsbruck court pharmacy . From 1828 to 1839 Schöpfer was also vice rector of the Innsbruck grammar school and from 1838 to 1848 magistrate.

The Innsbruck Botanical Garden was founded in 1793 under the direction of Franx Xaver Schöpfer and Johann Nepomuk Laicharding . In 1805, Schöpfer published Flora Oenipontana, a botanical description of Innsbruck and its surroundings.

literature

F. Hillbrand-Grill: Schöpfer, Franz Xav .. In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 107.

Individual evidence

^ Rudolf Vierhaus , Bruno Jahn: German biographical encyclopedia (DBE). Volume 9, Schlumberger-Thiersch . 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Munich, Germany, ISBN 978-3-11-096502-5 .
^ ^A ^b F. Hillbrand-Grill: Schöpfer, Franz Xav .. In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 107.
↑ Georg Gärtner: On the history of the botanical gardens with special consideration of the Innsbruck botanical garden. In: Communications from the Austrian Society for the History of Natural Sciences . Vol. 7, Issue 1-2, 1987.

personal data
SURNAME	Creator, Franz Xaver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian pharmacist, physician and natural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH	baptized December 3, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH	innsbruck
DATE OF DEATH	October 11, 1855
Place of death	innsbruck

[1] Rudolf Vierhaus , Bruno Jahn: German biographical encyclopedia (DBE). Volume 9, Schlumberger-Thiersch . 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Munich, Germany, ISBN 978-3-11-096502-5 .

[:0-2] A ^b F. Hillbrand-Grill: Schöpfer, Franz Xav .. In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 107.

[3] Georg Gärtner: On the history of the botanical gardens with special consideration of the Innsbruck botanical garden. In: Communications from the Austrian Society for the History of Natural Sciences . Vol. 7, Issue 1-2, 1987.