Georg Gotthilf Jacob Homann

Georg Gotthilf Jacob Homann (born January 23, 1774 in Budow , Stolp district , † February 18, 1851 in Gramenz , Bütow district ) was a German pastor, botanist and folklorist.

Life

Georg Gotthilf Jacob Homann was a son of the Budow pastor Johann Jacob Homann (1730–1799) and his wife Johanna Christina, nee. Kruska (1739-1804). From 1787 to 1793 he attended the pedagogy of the Kgl. Realschule in Berlin. He then studied theology in Halle until 1796 . After a few years as private tutor in Versin in the Rummelsburg district , he was pastor in Budow from 1800 to 1842 as the successor to his father. In 1843 he bought two farms in Gramenz, where he spent his old age.

He was a member of the Natural Research Society in Halle and published the first Flora of Pomerania. He also collected vernacular words and idioms from his homeland.

Fonts

• Native poisonous plants for use in city and country schools. Smaller collection . 1811
• Indigenous poisonous plants and those which are harmful to domestic animals. Larger collection . 1812
• Flora of Pomerania, or description of the plants indigenous to Western and Eastern Pomerania as well as those that grow easily in the open air . Koslin
  • 1. Containing the 10 first classes of Linn. Plant system . 1828 ( digitized version )
  • 2. Containing the eleventh through twentieth grade of Lin. Plant system . 1830 ( digitized version )
  • 3. Containing the one u. twentieth to the end of the four u. twentieth grade 1835 ( digitized version )

literature

• Genealogical handbook of middle class families . 16th volume. 1910., p. 277 ( digitized version )
• Robert Kupisiński, Mikolaj Radomski and Zbigniew Sobisz: Rósliny trujące Pomorza. Zbiory mniejszy większy sprządzone przez Georga Gotthilfa Jacoba Homanna 1811–1812 . Słupsk 2016 ISBN 978-83-944868-4-6
• Matthias Vollmer : The Pomeranian dictionary by Georg Gotthilf Jacob Homann (1774-1851). A collection of Pomeranian-German words and phrases . Berlin 2018 ISBN 978-3-631-76258-5