Samuel Gustav Wilcke
Samuel Gustav Wilcke (* 1736 in Wismar ; † August 19, 1790 in Altenkirchen (Rügen) ) was a Swedish-Pomeranian botanist , entomologist and theologian .
Life
Wilcke was born in 1736 in Wismar as the son of pastor Samuel Wilcke (1704–1773) and his wife Anna Scheele (* 1700). His brother was the physicist Johan Carl Wilcke (1732–1796). In 1739 he went to Stockholm with his family. From 1752 he studied theology and - with Carl von Linné - natural history in Uppsala . In 1756, enrolled him in Rostock and made here the theological examination. Afterwards he was for some time the house preacher of the Swedish imperial council Anders Johan von Höpken , received his doctorate in 1760 at the University of Greifswald , completed his habilitation in 1762 and gave lectures on natural history.
In 1763, Wilcke founded the Greifswald Botanical Garden (one of the oldest in Germany). In 1765 he followed an appointment to pastor in Altenkirchen on Rügen, where he worked until his death.
literature
- Andreas Önnerfors: Foreign seeds and plants to the correspondence - The dissemination of Linnaeus natural history in Swedish Pomerania in the 18th century. In: Knowledge in the Net - Botany and Plant Transfer in European Correspondence Networks of the 18th Century. Berlin 2008, pp. 91–112.
Individual evidence
- ↑ s. Entry Samuel Gustav Wilcke in the Rostock matriculation portal
Web links
- Correspondence between Samuel Gustav Wilcke and Carl von Linné
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wilcke, Samuel Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish-Pomeranian botanist, entomologist and theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1736 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wismar |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 19, 1790 |
| Place of death | Altenkirchen (Ruegen) |