Johan Peter from Westring

Johan Peter von Westring (born November 24, 1753 in Linköping , † October 1, 1833 in Norrköping ) was a Swedish doctor, botanist and spider researcher .

Life

As the son of a shoemaker, he received a small scholarship and was able to study medicine in Uppsala from 1772 . On October 25, 1775 he defended his dissertation there under the presidium of Carl von Linné . In 1780 he settled in Norrköping as a doctor.

Johan Peter von Westring was elected member ( matriculation no. 1012 ) of the Leopoldina on September 1, 1800 with the academic surname Olympiodorus VII .

Works (selection)

Dissertatio medica de Ledo palustri. … Praeside Viro Nobiliss. Atque Generosissimo D: no Doct. Carolo à Linné . Upsala 1775 (digitized version)
JP Westring's experience of curing canker sores. Translated from Swedish with additions by K. Sprengel . Renger, Hall 1817 (digitized version)

Web links

Wikisource: Johan Peter Westring - Sources and full texts

Member entry of Johan Peter von Westring at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

Works by and about Johan Peter von Westring in the German Digital Library

Literature by and about Johan Peter von Westring in the bibliographic database WorldCat

References and comments

^ Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the Imperial Leopoldino-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 242 (archive.org)
^ Willi Ule : History of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the years 1852–1887 . With a look back at the earlier times of its existence. Commissioned by Wilhelm Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1889, supplements and additions to Neigebaur's history, p. 170 ( archive.org ).

personal data
SURNAME	Westring, Johan Peter from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Olympiodorus VII .; Westring, Johann Peter von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Doctor, botanist and spider researcher
DATE OF BIRTH	November 24, 1753
PLACE OF BIRTH	Linkoping
DATE OF DEATH	October 1, 1833
Place of death	Norrkoping

[1] Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the Imperial Leopoldino-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 242 (archive.org)

[2] Willi Ule : History of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the years 1852–1887 . With a look back at the earlier times of its existence. Commissioned by Wilhelm Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1889, supplements and additions to Neigebaur's history, p. 170 ( archive.org ).