Isaac Lawson

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Isaac Lawson (* 1704 in High Close , Plumbland , Scotland , † 1747 in Oosterhout ) was a Scottish doctor and mineralogist .

Live and act

Isaac Lawson obtained his doctorate in medicine on December 28, 1737 in Leiden with a thesis on zinc oxides .

Together with Jan Frederik Gronovius , he financed the first edition of Linnés Systema Naturae in 1735 .

From spring to autumn 1738 he undertook an extensive journey to the most famous German mines , during which he gathered minerals for his private mineral collection. He first arrives at Goslar via Hanover . From there he went on excursions to Zellerfeld and Clausthal . Three weeks later he traveled on to Sankt Andreasberg . From Züdlinburg he sent samples of the minerals he had collected to Hieronymus David Gaub (approx. 1705–1780), Jan Frederik Gronovius and Johann Andreas Cramer (1710–1777). His further path led him via Berlin and Halle to Leipzig , where he met Johann Ernst Hebenstreit and Christian Gottlieb Ludwig . In Freiberg he met Johann Friedrich Henckel every day . When he arrived in Karlovy Vary , he realized that his plans to visit Prague , Vienna and Hungary were no longer realistic, and he returned to England via Flanders and Holland.

Lawson became a doctor in the British Army and took part in the Wars of the Austrian Succession in this capacity . His death may be due to the battle of Lauffeldt on July 2, 1747.

Honor taxon

Carl von Linné named the genus Lawsonia of the plant family of the loosestrife (Lythraceae) in his honor .

Fonts

  • Dissertatio academica sistens nihil… Leiden, 1737 ( dissertation )

literature

  • James Britten and George S. Boulger: A Biographical Index of Deceased British and Irish Botanists . London, 1931
  • Letter of April 10, 1738 to Carl von Linné
  • Letter of June 7, 1739 to Carl von Linné

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marianne Tidcombe: The Book Binding Career of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt . 1974, p. 53
  2. ^ FW Gibbs: William Lewis and Platina . In: Platinum Metals Rev. , 1963, Volume 7 No. 2, pp. 66–69 ( PDF )
  3. ↑ Kees van Strien: A Medical Student at Leiden and Paris William Sinclair 1736-38: Part I . In: Proceedings of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh . Volume 25, 1995, pp. 294–304 ( PDF ( Memento of September 24, 2006 in the Internet Archive ))
  4. ↑ Wendell E. Wilson: Scotland. (mineral collectors in Scotland during the 18th century) (The History of Mineralogy: 1530-1799) . The Mineralogical Record November 1, 1994.
  5. ^ Carl von Linné: Critica Botanica . Leiden 1737, p. 93
  6. ↑ Carl von Linné: Genera Plantarum . Leiden 1742, p. 160
personal data
SURNAME Lawson, Isaac
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish doctor and mineralogist
DATE OF BIRTH 1704
PLACE OF BIRTH High Close , Plumbland , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH 1747
Place of death Oosterhout