Johan Andreas 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 .
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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 |