Jonathan Karl Zenker

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Jonathan Karl Zenker (born March 1, 1799 in Sundremda ; † November 6, 1837 in Leipzig ) was a German scientist , paleontologist and author.

family

The father of Jonathan Karl Zenker (also Jonathan Carl Zenker) was a teacher and pastor in Sundremda. His daughter Eugenie (1830–1909) married the Jena theology professor Adolf Hilgenfeld .

Life

Jonathan Karl Zenker was initially tutored by his father. From 1813 he attended a grammar school in Weimar and later began to study theology in Jena in 1818 . The urge for scientific training predominated, however, and from that time he devoted himself only to natural science.

In 1823 he went to Dresden to mentor a son from Hamburg and studied medicine at the Medical and Surgical Academy. He returned to Jena and obtained his medical doctorate with his dissertation Batrachomyologia and then qualified as a private lecturer in natural history.

In 1828 he was appointed associate professor in the philosophy faculty, and in 1836 he was appointed court counselor and full professor in the medical faculty.

honors and awards

  • August 3, 1833: Elected member of the Leopoldina .
  • The plant genus Zenkeria Trin. from the sweet grass family (Poaceae) is named after him.

Initial descriptions ( valid )

  • Costatoria costata (ZENKER, 1833)
    • First description as "Donax costata" In: Contributions to the natural history of the primeval world, pp. 55–57, plate 6, fig. A1-A8

Fonts

Book title of the Historisch-Topografisches Taschenbuch von Jena and its surroundings
  • Parasitae corporis humani internae seu vermes intestinales hominis. Leipzig 1827.
  • Animal life and its forms. A zoological handbook for the use of academic lectures and for self-study. Jena 1828.
  • Musci Thuringici: vivis exemplaribus exhibuerunt et illustraverunt , 1821–1823 (with David Nathanael Friedrich Dietrich 1799–1888).
  • Plants and their scientific study in general. A botanical floor plan for use in academic lectures and for self-study. 1830.
  • Two new fossil coral species. 1833.
  • Contributions to the natural history of the primeval world. Organic remnants (petrefacts) from the Altenburg lignite formation, the Blankenburg ashlar sandstone, Jena colored sandstone and the Bohemian transition mountains. I-VIII. Mask, Jena 1833.
  • Delthyris flabelliformis ZENK. A fossil type of shell from the Thuringian Muschelkalke. In: New yearbook for mineralogy, geognosy, geology and petrefacts customer. Born in 1834, Schweizerbart, Stuttgart 1834, pp. 391–394, panel VA, Fig. 1–6.
  • Lingula keuperaea ZENK. and Lingula calcaria ZENK, two fossil mussel species from Thuringia. In: New yearbook for mineralogy, geognosy, geology and petrefacts-customer. Born in 1834, Schweizerbart, Stuttgart 1834, pp. 394–397, plate V.
  • Historical-topographical paperback of Jena and its surroundings. Especially in scientific and medical terms; with the plan from Jena and a geognostic profile. Frommann, Jena 1836.
  • with Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal , Christian Eduard Langethal , Ernst Schenk : Flora of Thuringia and the neighboring provinces.
  • Co-author of the report on the meeting of natural scientists and doctors in Jena. Jena 1836.
  • Natural history of noxious animals. Leipzig 1836.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Member entry by Jonathan Karl Zenker at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on October 15, 2015.
  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 .
personal data
SURNAME Zenker, Jonathan Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German scientist, paleontologist and author
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH Sundremda
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 1837
Place of death Leipzig