Samuel Brunner
Samuel Brunner (born November 4, 1790 in Bern , † May 17, 1844 in Bern) was a Swiss doctor and naturalist .
Samuel Brunner was born as the son of Samuel Brunner, cloth lord, councilor and landowner, and Maria Leüw. He obtained his doctorate in 1813. med. at the University of Würzburg and received the Bern doctor's license in 1814. In 1813 he became a military doctor. Brunner worked more and more as a natural scientist, botanist and ethnologist. He traveled to Italy and Malta in 1826 , to the Crimea in 1831 , to Senegambia (Senegal, Gambia) and the Cape Verde Islands in 1838 .
Fonts
- Foray into eastern Liguria, Elba, the east coast of Sicily, and Malta, initially with regard to botany in the summer of 1826 . Winterthur 1828 ( digitized in the Google book search).
- Excursion via Constantinople to Tauria in the summer of 1831 . St. Gallen 1833 ( digitized in the Google book search).
- Journey to Senegambia and the islands of the green foothills in 1838 . Bern 1840 ( digitized in the Google book search).
literature
- Daniel V. Moser-Léchot: From Bern to the Cape Verde Islands - Samuel Brunner's «Journey to Senegambia and the islands of the green foothills in 1838» . In: Berner Zeitschrift für Geschichte, No. 3 (2013).
- Therese Steffen Gerber: Brunner, Samuel. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Adolf Wäber: A journey on foot 60 years ago. According to a manuscript by Dr. S. Brunners communicated. Bern 1892.
Web links
- Publications by and about Samuel Brunner in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Samuel Brunner in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brunner, Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss doctor and naturalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1790 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 1844 |
| Place of death | Bern |