Johann Hieronymus Kniphof
Johann Hieronymus Kniphof (born February 24, 1704 in Erfurt ; † January 23, 1763 ibid) was a German doctor and botanist . He published an important herbarium in self-printed nature . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Kniph. "
Life
After attending the Erfurt Ratsgymnasium from 1719 to 1722, years of study in Jena and Erfurt followed. From 1727 he worked in Erfurt as a doctor and private lecturer in medicine . On February 28, 1732 he was elected a member ( matriculation no. 435 ) of the Leopoldina with the academic surname Sosagoras . In 1736 he lost his house and his library in a fire. In 1737 he was appointed professor of medicine and in 1747 dean of the medical faculty . From 1761 until the end of his life he was rector of the University of Erfurt .
plant
From 1733 Kniphof published the first version of his botanical work Botanica in Originali in Erfurt. Second and third, each significantly expanded editions appeared in Halle in 1747 and 1758. It was the first more important work that was structured according to Linnaeus' nomenclature . The printing technique used was also a novelty, the method used, a form of natural self-printing that was considerably further developed by Kniphof , often resulted in an unprecedented level of detail in the depictions of plants. Nothing has survived about the preparation and printing techniques used by Kniphof.
Honors
The botanist Conrad Moench named in 1794 in his honor the genre of the Torch Lily Kniphofia . It belongs to the plant family of the Affodilla plants (Asphodelaceae).
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Hieronymus Kniphof in the catalog of the German National Library
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Johann Hieronymus Kniphof at the IPNI
- Johann Hieronymus Kniphof on www.erfurt-web.de
- Member entry of Johann Hieronymus Kniphof at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina
Individual evidence
- ↑ KÜMMEL, F. 2012: The Halle edition of the work “Botanica in Originali” (natural self-prints) by JH Kniphof. Bad Endalia 24: 53-71. online .
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1] .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kniphof, Johann Hieronymus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sosagoras |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1704 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Erfurt |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 1763 |
| Place of death | Erfurt |