Johann Gerhard König
Johann Gerhard König (also Koenig or Kønig and John Gerhard ) (born November 29, 1728 in Lemenen ( Ungerhof ) near Kreutzburg , Polish-Livonia ; † June 26, 1785 in Jaganathpatam , Andhra Pradesh , India) was a Baltic German botanist and doctor . Its botanical author abbreviation is " J.Koenig "; earlier the abbreviation " JGKoenig " was also in use.
Live and act
König studied at the University of Copenhagen . He went on research trips to Southeast Asia ; from 1773 he stayed in India. König corresponded with Carl von Linnaeus .
He collaborated on the work Observationes botanicae by the Swedish botanist Anders Jahan Retzius (Fasc. 3, 1783 and Fasc. 6, 1791). König described many plants that are used in Ayurveda .
The diary of his journey from India through Siam to Malacca , which only appeared in print in 1894, is also a treasure trove for historians. It is one of the few first-hand reports from foreigners about Siam at the time of King Taksin . Among other things, JG König reports on the destruction and looting in Ayutthaya , which, as the official Thai historiography still says, was not solely attributable to the Burmese , but rather to a considerable part of their own population. He thus confirmed contemporary reports from missionaries who had witnessed the taking of Ayutthaya themselves.
In 1772 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1784 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg .
Honors
The plant genus Koenigia L. from the knotweed family (Polygonaceae) has been named in his honor. The species Bergera koenigii L. was also named after him.
swell
- Johann Friedrich von Recke and Karl Eduard von Napiersky : King (Johann Gerhard) . In: General encyclopedia of writers and scholars of the provinces of Livonia, Esthland and Courland . Volume 2, Mitau 1829, pp. 478–481 ( digitized version )
- Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
literature
- Michael Sterll: Life and Adventures of Johann Gerhard König (1728-1785). A Phantom of the Herbaria. In: Rheedea 18 (2008), pp. 111-129
- AB Rendle: Johann Gerhard König. In: Journal of Botany 71 (1933), pp. 143-153, 175-187
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Johann Gerhard König at the IPNI
- Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Johann Gerhard König. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Linnean herbarium
- Tranquebar and its History, PMC 1251641 (free full text)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. JG Koenig: "Journal of a Voyage from India to Siam and Malacca in 1779. Translated from his Manuscripts in the British Museum " - Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society No. 26 (January, 1894). Singapore 1894, 58 ff.
- ↑ Barend Jan Terwiel : ใคร ทํา ลาย กรุง เก่า (Thai: khrai tham lai krung kao: Who destroyed the old capital?): ศิลป วัฒนธรรม (Thai: Sinlapa Watthanatham), Vol. 6 (1985), No. 11, 60-64.
- ^ Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724. Johann Gerhard (Georg) Koenig. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed September 6, 2015 .
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | King, Johann Gerhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Koenig, Johann Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist and doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1728 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lemenen ( Ungerhof ), Kreutzburg , Polish Livonia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1785 |
| Place of death | Jaganathpatam , Andhra Pradesh , India |