Joachim Camerarius the Younger

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Joachim Camerarius the Younger, also Joachim Cammermeister (born November 6, 1534 in Nuremberg , † October 11, 1598 ibid) was a German doctor, botanist and naturalist.

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The son of Joachim Camerarius the Elder , one of the first humanists of his time, attended the Schulpforta grammar school . He also studied medicine at the University of Wittenberg , where one of his teachers was Philipp Melanchthon . He moved to the University of Leipzig , came to Breslau, where he practiced “Praxi medica” under the guidance of Johann Crato von Krafftheim . On his advice he then continued to study in Padua , where he was matriculated on November 5, 1559. On July 27, 1562, Camerarius received his doctorate in medicine from the University of Bologna .

Joachim Camerarius settled as a doctor in Nuremberg in 1564, where he remained a city doctor until his death. In Nuremberg he campaigned for the reorganization of the medical system. Due to his suggestion, the "Collegium medicum" , a kind of municipal medical chamber, was founded in Nuremberg on May 27, 1592 , in which all Nuremberg doctors came together and which he took over as chairman.

Camerarius laid out the first scientifically organized botanical garden in Nuremberg.

After Johannes Thal's death , he published his “Silva Hercynia” . He also added herb book by Pietro Andrea Mattioli by own descriptions as well as information that Conrad Gessner had left. His book "Camerarius-Florilegium" was illustrated by his nephew Joachim Jungermann (approx. 1561–1591) with 473 colored drawings.

Charles Plumier named the genus Cameraria of the plant family of the dog venom family (Apocynaceae) in his honor . Carl von Linné later took over this name.

Fonts (selection)

  • Hortus medicus et philosophicus . Frankfurt am Main 1588. Digitized edition
  • Kreutterbuch of the highly learned and well-known Mr. D. Petri Andreae Matthioli: now again with lots of beautiful new figures, also useful art scenes, and other good pieces, on the other hand increased and made out of special diligence . Franckfort am Mayn: [Johann Feyerabend for Peter Fischer & Heinrich Tack], 1590. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf .
  • Symbolorum et emblematum ex animalibus quadrupedibus desumtorum centuria altera collecta. Nuremberg 1595.

literature

  • Walther Killy (Ed.): Literature Lexicon: Authors and works in the German language. Vol. 2, p. 350, Bertelsmann-Lexikon-Verlag, Gütersloh u. Munich 1988–1991 (CD-ROM, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-932544-13-7 ).
  • Wolfgang Klose: The Wittenberger Scholar's Studbook: the studbook of Abraham Ulrich (1549–1577) and David Ulrich (1580–1623) Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 1999, ISBN 3-932776-76-3 .
  • Svenja Wenning: Joachim II. Camerarius (1534 - 1598). A study of his life, his works and his correspondence. WiKu-Wiss.-Verlag, Duisburg 2015 (= medical historical studies. Volume 9), ISBN 978-3-86553-441-5 .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Matricula Nationis Germanicae Artistarum in Gymnasio Patavino (1553-1721), ed. by Lucia Rossetti, Padova 1986, p. 13, no.105.
  2. ↑ Doris Wolfangel: Dr. Melchior Ayrer (1520-1579). Medical dissertation Würzburg 1957, p. 24.
  3. ↑ Hanspeter Marti, Karin Marti-Weissenbach (ed.): Nuremberg University in Altdorf. Böhlau, Köln / Weimar 2014, ISBN 978-3-412-22337-3 , p. 21 ( Google books ).
  4. ^ Charles Plumier: Nova Plantarum Americanarum Genera . Leiden 1703, p. 18.
  5. ^ Carl von Linné: Critica Botanica . Leiden 1737, p. 92.
  6. ↑ Carl von Linné: Genera Plantarum . Leiden 1742, p. 94.
personal data
SURNAME Camerarius, Joachim the Younger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor, botanist and naturalist
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1534
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 1598
Place of death Nuremberg