Johannes Loesel

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Johannes Loesel , also Johann Lösel , Latinized Johannes Loeselius (born April 26, 1607 in Brandenburg (Frisches Haff) , † March 30, 1655 in Königsberg ), was a German doctor and botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Loesel ".

Live and act

Johannes Loesel received his first training at the city school in Insterburg . In 1626 he began studying at the University of Königsberg . During the semester 1630/1631 Loesel studied in Frankfurt / Oder , Leipzig and Wittenberg , where he heard lectures from Daniel Sennert . In 1632 he obtained his master's degree in Königsberg .

Following this, Loesel traveled to several European countries, including France , England and Holland, as an educator for a Swedish general . Later he worked diplomatically for Prince Georg Raköczi of Transylvania . In June 1636 Loesel enrolled in the matriculation of the University of Rostock . In 1639 he received his doctorate in medicine from the University of Leiden . From 1639 until his death he was professor of medicine at the University of Königsberg.

Loesel worked on a flora of Prussia that he was unable to complete due to illness. His son of the same name Johannes Loesel (* 1641) published the manuscript in 1654 under the title Plantae in borussia sponte nascentes e manuscriptis parentis . Johann Gottsched (1668–1704) revised and expanded the manuscript. He published the result in 1703 as Flora Prussica .

Honor taxon

Linnaeus named in his honor the genus Loeselia the plant family of polemoniaceae (Polemoniaceae).

Fonts (selection)

  • De podagra tractatus, morbi huius indolem & curam diligenter exponens .
  • Scrutinium Renum In quo Genuina Renum fabrica, & actio, eorumq [ue] affectus potiores succincte traduntur, & explicantur . Johann Reusner, Königsberg 1642 ( digitized version ).
  • Citrium praegnans . Koenigsberg 1645.
  • Theriacam Andromachi, a Christophoro Meyero, Pharmacopoeo, XX. January. M.DC.LIV. confectam, recensuit Johan Loeselius . Königsberg 1654 ( digitized version ).
  • Plantae in borussia sponte nascentes e manuscriptis parentis . Paschal Mensen, Königsberg 1654. - published by his son of the same name
  • Flora prussica; sive, Plantae in regno Prussiae sponte nascentes. Quarum catalogum & nomina Johannes Loeselius […] olim disseruit, nunc additis nitidissimis iconibus rariorum partim ab aliis nondum delineatarum plerarumque Prussiae propriarum & inquilinarum plantarum, earundemque observation accurata descriptione, necpersis & interspersis synonymiibus-historico-veterico-veterico-botanico-philico practicis noviter efflorescentes curante Johanne Gottsched . Königsberg 1703. ( digitized version of the University and State Library Düsseldorf )

proof

literature

  • Dietrich von Engelhardt : Biographical encyclopedia of German-speaking natural scientists . Volume 1, KG Saur, 2003, ISBN 3598116292 , p. 539.
  • Umberto Quattrocchi: CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology . CRC Press Inc., 2000, ISBN 0-8493-2676-1 , p. 1520.
  • Frans Antonie Stafleu , Richard Sumner Cowan: Taxonomic literature. A selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types. Volume 3: Lh-O, 2nd edition. Utrecht 1981, ISBN 90-313-0444-1 , pp. 141-142 ( online ).
  • Entry in the Dictionnaire des sciences médicales. Biography médicale . Volume 6, Paris 1822, pp. 94-95.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johannes Loesel in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. ^ Carl von Linné: Critica Botanica . Leiden 1737, p. 93 ( online ).
  3. ↑ Carl von Linné: Genera Plantarum . 2nd edition, Leiden 1742, p. 306 ( online ).

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personal data
SURNAME Loesel, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johann Lösel, Johannes Loeselius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1607
PLACE OF BIRTH Brandenburg (Fresh Lagoon)
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1655
Place of death Koenigsberg