Johann Hieronymus Chemnitz

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Johann Hieronymus Chemnitz (born October 10, 1730 in Magdeburg , † October 12, 1800 in Copenhagen ) was a German theologian and naturalist.

Life

From the Conchylia Cabinet

Chemnitz studied in Halle and worked from 1757 to 1768 as the Royal Danish Legation Preacher in Vienna . He then worked in Rendsburg and became German garrison preacher in Helsingør on January 20, 1769 . From 1771 he was garrison preacher in Copenhagen .

In addition to his pastoral work, Chemnitz dealt with shellfish and created a collection for this. Chemnitz was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1763 and belonged to the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences since 1780 and to the Academy of Non-Profit Science in Erfurt since 1782 . In 1796 Chemnitz was made an honorary member of the Regensburg Botanical Society on the initiative of Ernst Wilhelm Martius and single-handedly against the majority resistance of society members.

After the death of Friedrich Martini , Chemnitz continued to publish his New Systematic Conchylia Cabinet from 1778 and added eight to the first three volumes published during Martini's lifetime by 1795. A twelfth volume was published by Schubert and Wagner in 1829.

The Chemnitz collection was auctioned in Copenhagen on December 7, 1802. The Academy of Sciences of the Russian Empire in Saint Petersburg acquired the collection, which is kept in Saint Petersburg to this day.

Publications

  • Inauguration speech in the Kgl. Danish Embassy Chapel in Vienna , Leipzig, 1759
  • Small contributions to Testaceology, or to the knowledge of God from the Conchylia , Nuremberg 1760 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.16047 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.16005 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.11519
  • On the condition of the evangelicals and their services in Vienna , Vienna 1761
  • News of the condition of the Danish Embassy Chapel in Vienna ; Vienna 1761
  • News from a new school at the Kgl. Danish Embassy Chapel in Vienna ; Vienna 1763–1768
  • Sermon of penance for the earthquake in Comorra, Hungary , 1763
  • Georg Eberhard Rumphs or Plinii Indici, Amboinische Raritätenkammer or treatise of the Steinschaaligen Theieren, which are called snails and mussels , translated from the Dutch by Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller and with additions from the best writers of conchyliology increasingly by JH Chemnitz, Vienna 1766
  • On the loveliness of a blessed death , Vienna 1766
  • Farewell speech in the Kgl. Danish Legation Chapel , Vienna 1768
  • New systematic Conchylia Cabinet , arranged and described by Friedrich Heinrich Martini Vol. 4–11, 1779–1796
  • From a family of multi-shell conchylia with visible joints, which are called Linnaeus Chitons , Nuremberg 1784
  • Life story of the deserving Mr. Gabriel Nikolaus Raspe , 1787
  • Theory of the Origin of Pearls , 1777–1779

literature

  • Lexicon of German writers who died between 1750 and 1800 , Vol. 2

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ to archive link ( memento of the original from January 25, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on September 18th @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.campscandinavia.dk
  2. ^ Member entry of Johann Chemnitz at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on November 25, 2015.
  3. ↑ people / docs / Nickelsen_Hoppea_67 (2) .pdf Who or what is an honorary member ( memento of the original from February 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.philoscience.unibe.ch
  4. ^ Schubert, GH & Wagner, JA 1829 . New systematic Conchylia cabinet from Martini-Chemnitz, starting with Martini and Chemnitz. Twelfth volume. First division. - pp. I-XII [= 1-12], 1-196, Tab. 214-237. Nuremberg. (Bauer & Raspe).
  5. ^ Martynov, AV 2002. The shell collection of JH Chemnitz in the Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg. - Ruthenica 12 (1): 1-18.

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personal data
SURNAME Chemnitz, Johann Hieronymus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and natural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1730
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 1800
Place of death Copenhagen