Johann Heinrich Dierbach

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Johann Heinrich Dierbach (born March 23, 1788 in Heidelberg ; † May 11, 1845 there ) was a German botanist , physician and pharmacist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Dierb. "

Live and act

Dierbach's father was a university bookbinder in Heidelberg. Dierbach attended high school in Heidelberg and dealt early with botany and pharmacy (guided by Wilhelm Mai). He studied medicine in Heidelberg and received his doctorate in 1816. In 1815 he received a gold medal from the University of Heidelberg for answering a prize question from forensic medicine. He taught botany as a medical student and wrote explanations on Aulus Cornelius Celsus . In 1817 he became a private lecturer and in 1820 associate professor for medicine in Heidelberg, where he mainly taught pharmacy and botany. Despite his efforts, he was not a full professor of botany, on the official justification that the philosophy and not the medical faculty was responsible.

Honors

Kurt Sprengel named the South American genus Dierbachia from the nightshade family with the species Dierbachia solanacea (today classified by Dunalia ) in his honor .

Fonts (selection)

  • Tractatus botanico-medicus de Aconito. 1817
  • Outline of the art of recipe. 1818
  • Handbook of medicinisch-pharmaceutischen botany, or systematic description of all officinal plants, for use by physicians, pharmacists, druggists, etc. and as a guide at academy. Lectures. New academic bookstore by Karl Groos, Heidelberg 1819
  • Flora Heidelbergensis. Planta sistens in praefectura Heidelbergensi et in regione adfini sponte nascentes secundum systema Linnaeanum digestas. 2 volumes. New academic bookshop by Karl Groos, Heidelberg 1819–1820. (A third volume containing the cryptogams was planned).
  • Instructions for studying botany. For lectures and self-teaching. New academic bookstore by Karl Groos, Heidelberg 1820.
  • as editor and translator: Christian Hendrik Persoon : Treatise on the edible sponges. With an indication of the harmful species and an introduction to the history of the sponges. Translated from French and accompanied by a few notes. Karl Groos' new academic bookshop, Heidelberg 1821.
  • The Medicines of Hippocrates, or attempt at a systematic enumeration of the medicines found in all Hippocratic writings. Karl Groos' new academic bookshop, Heidelberg 1824.
  • Contributions to Germany's flora, collected from the works of the oldest German plant researchers. 4 volumes, 1825–1838
  • The latest discoveries in the materia medica. 1828; 2nd edition 1837
  • Treatise on the medicinal properties of plants compared to their structure and their chemical components. 1831
  • Repertorium botanicum. 1831
  • Flora Apiciana, a contribution to a better knowledge of the food of the ancient Romans. 1831
  • Flora mythologica, or botany related to mythology and symbolism of the Greeks and Romans. 1833
  • Organized pharmacological notes for general practitioners. 1834.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Dierbach, Johann Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist, doctor and pharmacist
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1788
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 1845
Place of death Heidelberg