Johann Gottfried Leonhardi

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Johann Gottfried Leonhardi (born June 18, 1746 in Leipzig , † January 11, 1823 in Dresden ) was a German medic.

Life

Born as the son of the doctor of medicine David Leonhardi, he studied at the University of Leipzig from Easter 1764 , where he received his baccalaureate on December 5, 1767 and on February 14, 1771, he obtained the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy. On October 25, 1771, he obtained the degree of licentiate . In 1781 he became an associate professor of medicine at the Leipzig Academy.

In the following year he followed a call as professor of anatomy and botany at the University of Wittenberg and in 1782 he was appointed chair of pathology and surgery. In mid-July 1791 he moved to Dresden as the elector's personal physician and councilor. He was allowed to keep his professorships, but had to provide a substitute. Nevertheless, he remained connected to the Wittenberg Academy and held the rector's office of the university in the summer semester of 1791 and in the winter semesters of 1785, 1801 and 1807 . In 1789 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

In 1781 he published a German edition of the influential chemical lexicon by Pierre-Joseph Macquer , which he translated and annotated.

Selection of works

  • Vinorvm Alborvm Metallici Contagii Svspectorvm Docimasiae Cvrae Repetitae Et Novae ... Praeside Iohanne Gottfried Leonhardi., Wittenberg 1787
  • New additions and notes to Macquer's Chymic Dictionary first edition, Leipzig 1792

literature

  • Karl Heinrich Dzondi (Schundenius): Memories of the festive days of the third foundation ceremony of the Academy in Wittenberg . P. 86
  • Wittenberger Wochenblatt 1791 p. 247, 1792 p. 136
  • Friedrich August Weiz: The learned Saxony or directory of those writers now living in the electoral Saxon and incorporated countries and their writings . Leipzig: Schneider, 1780, p. 155
  • Nikolaus Müller: The finds in the tower knobs of the town church in Wittenberg . Magdeburg Evangelical Bookstore Ernst Holtermann, 1912
  • Walter Friedensburg : History of the University of Wittenberg . Max Niemeyer Verlag , Halle (Saale) 1917
  • Johann Gottlieb August Klänke: Newly learned Dresden or news from Dresden scholars, writers, and artists who are now living; Libraries and art collectors . Leipzig 1796 pp. 86-89
  • Christoph Johann Gottfried Heymann: Dresden's recently deceased writers and artists, some of whom are still alive . Waltherische Hofbuchhandlung, Dresden, 1809, p. 98
  • Johann Gottfried Leonhardi . In: New Nekrolog der Deutschen , 1st year, 1823, 2nd issue. Ilmenau 1824. pp. 770-774.

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personal data
SURNAME Leonhardi, Johann Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1746
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 1823
Place of death Dresden