Georg Fresenius

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Johann Baptist Georg Wolfgang Fresenius (born September 25, 1808 in Frankfurt am Main ; † December 1, 1866 ibid) was a German doctor and botanist specializing in algae . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Fresen. "

Life

From 1826 Fresenius studied medicine at the universities of Heidelberg , Würzburg and Gießen . During his studies in 1828 he became a member of the Old Giessener Burschenschaft Germania ; He was also a member of the fraternity Germania Würzburg and the fraternity in Heidelberg. He received his doctorate in Gießen in 1829 and settled in Frankfurt as a general practitioner, which he remained until his death despite all sideline activities. But botany remained his hobby, which he had already pursued during his school days and later in his university years in Heidelberg with his friend George Engelmann , who later became a German-American botanist.

From 1831 he was sectionary ( curator ) at the Botanical Garden of Dr. Senckenberg Foundation and at the " Herbarium Senckenbergianum " of the Senckenberg Natural Research Society. He also gave lectures at the Senckenberg Medical Institute in Frankfurt am Main, where he was appointed titular professor in 1863. It was also he who directed the interest of his pupil, who later became a physician and botanist Heinrich Anton de Bary , to research into algae and fungi and how to use the microscope .

Like the other sections of the Dr. Senckenberg Foundation, held botanical lectures and organized excursions even before the Frankfurt university was founded in 1914.

Honor taxon

The genus Fresenia DC was named in his honor . of the Asteraceae plant family.

Fonts

  • Paperback for use on botanical excursions in the vicinity of Frankfurt a. M., containing a list of wild-growing phanerogams, with explanations and critical comments in the appendix , 2 volumes, Verlag HL Brönner, Frankfurt am Main 1832-1833; Digitized version .
  • Contributions to mycology , Verlag HL Brönner, Frankfurt 1850–1863.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Wentzcke : Fraternity lists. Second volume: Hans Schneider and Georg Lehnert: Gießen - The Gießener Burschenschaft 1814 to 1936. Görlitz 1942, F. Germania. No. 273a.
  2. ^ Frans Antonie Stafleu et al .: Taxonomic Literature: A selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types. Online version: Entry on Fresenius
  3. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]

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personal data
SURNAME Fresenius, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fresenius, Johann Baptist Georg Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 1866
Place of death Frankfurt am Main