Johann Heinrich Kopp

Johann Heinrich Kopp (born September 17, 1777 in Hanau , † November 28, 1858 in Hanau) was a German doctor and naturalist . He is the father of the chemist Hermann Kopp .

Life

Kopp studied medicine in Rinteln , Marburg and Jena . In 1800 he submitted his inaugural dissertation on the subject of De causis combustionis spontaneae in corpore humano factae . After completing his habilitation in Rödelheim in 1801 , he settled in Hanau. In 1802 he was appointed Land Physicus of the Schwarzenfels Office .

Together with Ernst Karl Friedrich Merz and Karl Cäsar von Leonhard , Kopp developed the systematic tabular overview and characteristics of the mineral bodies published in 1806 . In 1807 Kopp was appointed to the chair for chemistry, physics and natural history at the Hanau Lyceum. In the same year he described the mineral bieberite . In 1813 he was appointed medical councilor and in 1815 court counselor . From 1808 to 1820 he was editor of the yearbook for state medical science . In 1832, Kopp recognized homeopathy as a specific healing method.

Kopp was the personal physician of the Electors of Hesse and one of the founders of the Wetterau Society for all natural history . In 1812 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .

Works

Medical topography of the city of Hanau . 1807
Detailed account and study of the self-immolation of the human body , 1812
Observations in the field of practicing medicine . 1821
Medical remarks, caused by a trip to Germany and France . 1825
Memories in medical practice . 5 vols. 1830-1845.

literature

A. Hirsch: Kopp, Johann Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 682 f.
Karl Siebert: Hanauer biographies from three centuries. Hanauer Geschichtsverein 1844 , Hanau 1919 (= Hanauer Geschichtsblätter NF 3/4 ), p. 108f.

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. 137.

personal data
SURNAME	Kopp, Johann Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German doctor and naturalist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 17, 1777
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hanau
DATE OF DEATH	November 28, 1858
Place of death	Hanau

[1] 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. 137.