Johann Philipp Du Roi

Johann Philipp du Roi

Johann Philipp Du Roi (born June 2, 1741 in Braunschweig ; † December 8, 1785 ibid) was a German doctor and botanist specializing in dendrology . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Du Roi ".

Live and act

Du Roi studied medicinal science in Helmstedt , became a doctor of medicine there in 1764 and supervisor for the planting of foreign trees and shrubs in the Harbke palace gardens in 1765 . His work Die Harbke'sche wilde Baumzucht ... is considered the first scientific treatise on dendrology in Germany. In 1776 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

In 1777 he settled in Braunschweig as a general practitioner, became a garrison physician , city physician , court medical officer and assessor at the senior medical college. Around 1780, Du Roi was appointed secretary of the Braunschweig Freemasons' lodge " Carl to the Crowned Column ". He died in 1785 a busy doctor.

Honor taxon

The plant genus Duroia L. f. of the family Rubiaceae (Rubiaceae) and the genus Roia Scop. from the mahogany family (Meliaceae) is named after him.

Fonts

Dissertatio inauguralis medica de paralysi gravissima femorum crurumque sanata. Helmstedt 1764 (dissertation; digitized version ).
Dissertatio inauguralis observationes botanicas sistens. Schnorr, Helmstedt 1771 (medical dissertation, University of Helmstedt, 1771; digitized version ).
Harbkesche wild tree cultivation of partly North American and other foreign, partly native trees, bushes and shrub-like plants described according to their characteristics, cultivation, properties and use. 2 volumes. Braunschweig 1771/72 (digital copies: Volume 1 ; Volume 2 ).

Individual evidence

↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated November 11, 2007 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. @1@ 2
^ Mechthild Wiswe : Freemasons in their time , publication accompanying the exhibition of the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum on the 250th anniversary of the Braunschweig Masonic lodges, Braunschweig 1994, ISBN 978-392793923-3 , p. 42
↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
↑ Robert Zander : Zander hand dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .

literature

Ferdinand Spehr : Du Roi, Johann Philipp . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 488.

Web links

Author entry and list of the plant names described for Johann Philipp Du Roi at the IPNI

personal data
SURNAME	Du Roi, Johann Philipp
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Roi, Johann Philipp you
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German doctor and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 2, 1741
PLACE OF BIRTH	Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH	December 8, 1785
Place of death	Braunschweig

[1] Archive link ( Memento of the original dated November 11, 2007 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. @1@ 2

[2] Mechthild Wiswe : Freemasons in their time , publication accompanying the exhibition of the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum on the 250th anniversary of the Braunschweig Masonic lodges, Braunschweig 1994, ISBN 978-392793923-3 , p. 42

[Burkhardt2018-3] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]

[4] Robert Zander : Zander hand dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .