Karl Wilhelm Ammon
Karl Wilhelm Ammon (* 1777 in Trakehnen , † 1842 in Ansbach ) was a hippological writer .
Ammon was the older brother of the horse breeder and writer Georg Gottlieb Ammon . After studying veterinary medicine , Ammon got a job in 1797 as a horse doctor at the Ansbacher Fohlenhof in Ölhaus. He was later called to Ansbach as a forensic doctor.
In 1813 Ammon became the Bavarian court stud master in Rohrenfeld near Neuburg an der Donau .
Works (selection)
- as an author
- General house cattle medicine book or complete instruction on how to cure the diseases of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, dogs and poultry in the easiest and cheapest way. For use by budding veterinarians, economists and country folk . Karger, Munich 1985 (reprint of the Ansbach 1831 edition).
- News of horse breeding by the Arabs and Arab horses. In addition to an appendix about horse breeding in Persia, Turkomania and barberies . Olms, Hildesheim 2004, ISBN 3-487-12602-8 (reprint of the Nuremberg edition 1834).
- About improvement and refinement of state horse breeding by state studs . Riegel & Wiessner, Nuremberg 1829–31 (3 vol.)
- as editor
- Georg Friedrich Sebald : Complete natural history of the horse. Shown with special regard to the literature on this subject . Gassert, Ansbach 1815.
literature
- William Löbe: Ammon, Karl Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 407.
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SURNAME | Ammon, Karl Wilhelm |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author and veterinarian |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1777 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Trakehnen |
DATE OF DEATH | 1842 |
Place of death | Ansbach |