Johann Gottfried Zinn
Johann Gottfried Zinn (born December 4, 1727 in Schwabach in the Margraviate of Ansbach ; † April 6, 1759 in Göttingen ) was an important German anatomist and botanist and a member of the Berlin Academy . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Zinn ".
Live and act
Johann Gottfried Zinn studied medicine in Göttingen and received his doctorate in 1749 under Albrecht von Haller . In Berlin he continued his education in the fields of anatomy and botany and then, following a call as associate professor in 1753, became director of the Botanical Garden of the University of Göttingen , where he was appointed full professor of the medical faculty in 1755. Since 1752 he was a corresponding and since 1753 extraordinary member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen .
His main work was the first complete and detailed description of the anatomy of the human eye in the entire world literature , published in 1755 .
Honors
In his honor, the botany systematist Carl von Linné named a genus of the composites (Asteraceae, formerly Compositae) from Mexico as "Zinnia". This late summer flower is commonly known as the zinnia .
In the anatomy of the eye, the zonula ciliaris and the annulus tendineus communis also bear his name, as does the vascular ring around the optic nerve , the Circulus arteriosus sclerae (Zinn-Haller).
Fonts
- De ligamentum ciliaribus . Goettingen 1753.
- Descriptio anatomica oculi humani. Goettingen 1755.
- Catalogus plantarum horti academici et agri gottingensis… 1757.
literature
- Ernst Gurlt : Zinn, Johann Gottfried . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 45, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1900, p. 336.
- Barbara I. Tshisuaka: Zinn, Johann Gottfried. In: Encyclopedia of Medical History. , ed. by Werner E. Gerabek, Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil and Wolfgang Wegner, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and New York 2005, p. 1530 f.
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Johann Gottfried Zinn at the IPNI
- Correspondence between Johann Gottfried Zinn and Carl von Linné
- Digital Library - Munich Digitization Center (MDZ): Zinn, Johann Gottfried (Bavarian State Library).
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. 268.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tin, Johann Gottfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physician and botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 4, 1727 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwabach |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 1759 |
| Place of death | Goettingen |