Johann Gottlieb Georgi

Johann Gottlieb Georgi (* 31 December 1729 on Good Wachholz Hagen , Greifenberg county , Pomerania , † October 27 ^{. Jul} / 8. November 1802 ^greg. In Saint Petersburg ) was a German geographer, chemist and botanist. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Georgi ".

Live and act

Georgi was a trained pharmacist and initially had a pharmacy in Stendal . In 1769 he moved to St. Petersburg. From there he took part in two expeditions to Siberia . The first (from 1770) was under Johann Peter Falck , the second (from 1772) with Peter Simon Pallas through Siberia: from Irkutsk to Yekaterinburg and back to St. Petersburg. On the expedition in March 1772 a rhinoceros was found preserved in the ice , which was sent to St. Petersburg for further investigation. His main work was driving around and mapping Lake Baikal . Because of his achievements, he was appointed adjunct of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1775 . In 1783 he became professor of chemistry in St. Petersburg and also a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences . In 1778 he was accepted as a foreign member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences . In 1789 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

Georgi, who translated many of Carl von Linné's books into German, brought Falck's manuscripts to Saint Petersburg after his suicide and published his travel notes in Additions to the Topographical Knowledge of the Russian Empire I-III (1785–1786).

Honors

Carl Ludwig Willdenow named the genus of dahlias ( Dahlia Cav. , Syn .: Georgina Willd. ) After Johann Gottlieb Georgi as Georginen . However, the name is now outdated and is rarely used.

Works

Comments on a trip to the Russian Empire in 1772 . St. Petersburg 1775; Excerpts from it: Oddities of various unknown peoples of the Russian Empire . Frankfurt and Leipzig 1777
Geographical-physical and natural-historical description of the Russian Empire / for an overview of previous knowledge of the same . Nicolovius, Königsberg, published in 6 volumes from 1797 to 1802. Reprint: Hansebooks, 2017, ISBN 978-3-7434-4092-0 .
Description of all nations of the Russian Empire, their way of life, religion, customs, housing, clothing and other merchandise . CW Müller, St. Petersburg 1776-1780

Individual evidence

↑ Folk waiting Wendland: Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811): Materials of a biography . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1992, ISBN 978-3-11-012997-7 , pp. 119 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
^ Members of the previous academies. Johann Gottlieb Georgi. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on March 28, 2015 .
^ Johann Peter Falk: Additions to the topographical knowledge of the Russian Empire . tape 1-3 . Academy of Sciences, Berlin 1785 ( e-rara.ch ).
↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]

literature

Friedrich Ratzel: Georgi, Johann Gottlieb . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, p. 713 f.

Web links

Correspondence between Johann Gottlieb Georgi and Carl von Linné
Author entry and list of the described plant names for Johann Gottlieb Georgi at the IPNI
Biography on Mineralogical Record
Dahlia or georgine? on the website Dahliengarten Hamburg

personal data
SURNAME	Georgi, Johann Gottlieb
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Georgi, Ivan Ivanovich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German geographer and chemist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 31, 1729
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gut Wachholzhaben, Greifenberg district , Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH	November 8, 1802
Place of death	St. Petersburg

[1] Folk waiting Wendland: Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811): Materials of a biography . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1992, ISBN 978-3-11-012997-7 , pp. 119 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[2] Members of the previous academies. Johann Gottlieb Georgi. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on March 28, 2015 .

[3] Johann Peter Falk: Additions to the topographical knowledge of the Russian Empire . tape 1-3 . Academy of Sciences, Berlin 1785 ( e-rara.ch ).

[Burkhardt2018-4] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]