Karl Friedrich Morell

Karl Friedrich Morell , also Carl Friedrich Morell, (born September 6, 1759 in Wangen an der Aare in the canton of Bern , † March 24, 1816 in Bern ) was a Swiss botanist , chemist and pharmacist .

Life

Karl Friedrich Morell was born as the second son of the land clerk Abraham Morell from Wangen in the canton of Bern. He received his training in chemistry and pharmacy at the University of Göttingen , in Paris , as a student of Lavoisier , and finally in the Spielmann pharmacy ( Pharmacie du Cerf ) in Strasbourg .

As the owner of a pharmacy in his hometown, he made a contribution to deepening and disseminating chemical knowledge and was also active in research and teaching in the field of botany. For his work Chemical investigation of some… Gesundbrunnen und Bäder der Schweiz (1788), he received special recognition from both the professional world and the Bern government. His services to founding the Society of Friends of Nature in Bern (1786), the Medical Institute and the botanical garden in Bern were remembered long after his death.

The architect and royal Bavarian building officer Bernhard Morell was a son of Karl Friedrich Morell; another son, Karl, worked as a merchant in Trieste .

Works

Chemical examination of some of the well-known and visited health fountains and baths in Switzerland, especially in the Canton of Bern, together with a description of the latest examination methods. Haller, Bern 1788

literature

Rudolf Wolf: Biographies on the cultural history of Switzerland. Vol. 4. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1862, p. 265, note 41. ( digitized version )
Bernhard Studer: History of the physical geography of Switzerland until 1815. Stämpfli, Bern 1863, p. 453 u. passim. ( Digitized in the Google book search)

Web links

Wikisource: Karl Friedrich Morell - Sources and full texts

Karin Marti-Weissenbach: Morell, Karl Friedrich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ Götz von Selle (ed.): The register of the University of Göttingen 1734-1837. Lax, Hildesheim u. a. 1934, p. 239 (Stud. Med .; imm. December 5, 1798)
^ Forerunner of the Natural Research Society in Bern ; see B. Studer 1863, p. 448.
^ Rudolf Wolf 1862; B. Studer 1863, p. 448.
↑ Information on the Morell family in: Therese Huber : Briefe Bd. 6.2. July 1815 – September 1818. Notes. Arranged by Petra Wulbusch. Berlin u. a. 2011, p. 1380 (register).

personal data
SURNAME	Morell, Karl Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Morell, Carl Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss chemist, botanist and pharmacist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 6, 1759
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bern
DATE OF DEATH	March 24, 1816
Place of death	Bern

[1] Götz von Selle (ed.): The register of the University of Göttingen 1734-1837. Lax, Hildesheim u. a. 1934, p. 239 (Stud. Med .; imm. December 5, 1798)

[2] Forerunner of the Natural Research Society in Bern ; see B. Studer 1863, p. 448.

[3] Rudolf Wolf 1862; B. Studer 1863, p. 448.

[4] Information on the Morell family in: Therese Huber : Briefe Bd. 6.2. July 1815 – September 1818. Notes. Arranged by Petra Wulbusch. Berlin u. a. 2011, p. 1380 (register).