Johann Jacob Römer

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Johann Jacob Römer

Johann Jacob Römer (born January 8, 1763 in Zurich , Switzerland ; † January 15, 1819 there ; also written Roemer ) was a Swiss doctor, entomologist and botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Roem. "

Life

Römer was professor of botany and director of the old botanical garden "zur Katz" at the University of Zurich .

From 1784 he studied medicine and biology at the University of Göttingen and received his doctorate in 1786 with a dissertation on a gynecological topic for Dr. med. In 1788, Römer became a member of the Swiss Scientific Society and then practiced as a doctor in Zurich, although there was no success. This was followed by a job as a doctor at the Zurich infirmary. During the revolutionary years from 1799 to 1803, Römer resigned from the teaching staff of this institution and took over a professor again in 1804 when this institution became a cantonal institute. He practiced there until his death.

With the Austrian botanist Josef August Schultes he published the 16th edition of the Systema Vegetabilium by Carl von Linné . The plant Adenium obesum ssp. obesum was already described and named by Pehr Forsskål , but only Romans and Schultes succeeded in classifying it in the current system.

In 1793 Römer was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences , in 1808 a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

Together with Paul Usteri , Römer published the magazine for botany . In 1797, Römer became director of the Botanical Garden in Zurich and finally headed the Presidium of the Botanical Commission of the Zurich Natural Research Society .

Honors

The genus Roemeria Medik. from the poppy family (Papaveraceae) has been named after him.

Works

  • Magazine for Botany Volumes 1–4; 1787-1791. Continued as a new magazine for botany .
  • About the use and use of the lizards in cancer damage of the lust epidemic and in various diseases. Leipzig 1788 ( digitized version ).
  • Genera insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata . Vitoduri Helvetorum (Winterthur), apud Henric. Steiner, 1789, urn : nbn: de: gbv: 8: 2-757358
  • Flora Europaea inchoata , Norimbergae [Nuremberg], 14 fasc. 1797-1811.
  • Encyclopedia for Gardeners and Gardening Lovers , 1797
  • Collecteana ad Omnem rem Botanicam Spectantia Partim e Propriis , Partim ex Amicorum Schedis Manuscriptis Concinnavit et Edidit JJ Roemer, MD Turici [Zurich] (1806-1810).
  • Attempt as complete a dictionary of botanical terminology as possible . 1816.
  • Systema vegetabilium (ed. 16) 7 vols. - 1817–1830 ( Mantissa in volumen secundum systematis vegetabilium Caroli a Linné , together with Joseph August Schultes ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History of the Natural Research Society in Zurich, 1947 (PDF; 1.0 MB)
  2. ↑ 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 .

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personal data
SURNAME Roman, Johann Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roemer, Johann Jacob; Roemer, Johannes Jacobus; Roemer, Johannes Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss doctor and professor of botany
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1763
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1819
Place of death Zurich , Switzerland