Johan Andreas Murray

Johan Anders Murray

Johan Andreas Murray , also Johan Anders , (born January 27, 1740 in Stockholm , † May 22, 1791 in Göttingen ) was a Swedish botanist and doctor . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Murray ".

Live and act

His father of Prussian origin was Andreas Murray (1695–1771), a priest. Murray was a student of Linnaeus in Uppsala from 1756 to 1759 . In 1760 he went to Göttingen . He stayed in contact with Linnaeus through correspondence until 1776. Murray was a professor of medicine and botany; from 1769 he was also custodian of the Göttingen Botanical Garden . From 1770 he was an extraordinary member, from 1776 a full member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .

Murray has published works in the fields of medicine, pharmacy, and botany. He was editor of "Caroli a Linné ... Systema vegetabilum ..." in the 13th edition in 1774 and in the 14th edition in 1784.

In 1772 Murray married Eleonora Margaretha Conradi (1749-1827).

Honors

After Murray the plant genus was murraya ( Murraya J.G. Koenig ex L. corr. Murr ) from the family of Rutaceae named (Rutaceae).

Works

Johan Andreas Murray: Prodromus designationis stirpium gottingensium . 1770.
Johan Andreas Murray: Commentatio de Arbuto uva ursi… 1764.
- Commentatio de Arbuto Uva Ursi: exhibens Descriptionem eius botanicam, Analysin chemicam, eiusque in Medicina et Oeconomia varium Usum . Pockwitz & Barmeier, Gottingae 1765, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 2-8037
Apparatus medicaminum tam simplicium quam praeparatorum et compositorum in praxeos adiumentum consideratus . Dieterich, Gottingae 1776–1784. Volumes 1–6, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 2-149107
Johan Andreas Murray: Opuscula . (1785-1786).
Johan Andreas Murray: Apparatus medicaminum . (1776-1792; 2nd edition (Volumes 1-2) 1793-1794).

literature

FWP Dougherty: Murray, Johann Andreas. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 619 f. ( Digitized version ).
August Hirsch : Murray, Johann Andreas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, p. 80 f.
Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .

Web links

Entry at centralant.se (Swedish)
Author entry and list of the described plant names for Johan Andreas Murray at the IPNI
Correspondence between Johan Andreas Murray and Carl von Linné

Individual evidence

↑ linnaeus.c18.net
↑ linnaeus.c18.net
↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 176.
↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Murray, Johan Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish botanist and medicin
DATE OF BIRTH	January 27, 1740
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stockholm
DATE OF DEATH	May 22, 1791
Place of death	Goettingen

[1] us.c18.net

[2] us.c18.net

[3] Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 176.

[Burkhardt_2018-4] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .