Theodor Caroli

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Theodor Caroli (born April 7, 1660 in Tübingen ; † February 20, 1690 ) was a Württemberg physician and member of the academy of scholars " Leopoldina ".

Life

Theodor Caroli was the son of the married couple Eva Maria Simoniusin and Andreas Caroli, princely council of Württemberg and abbot in St. Georgen. He grew up with four siblings. A sibling died very young. Theodor Caroli studied medicine in Tübingen. He was initially the city physician in Urach , Duchy of Württemberg . Then he was appointed Physicus of the city and area of ​​Löwenberg (today: Leonberg ).

On September 29, 1688, Theodor Caroli, nicknamed NEPTUNUS, was accepted as a member ( matriculation no. 163 ) in the Leopoldina . He died at the age of 30 just two years after being admitted. Among other things, he worked on the "blood sponge" that grew on the oak tree.

plant

  • Theodor Caroli: From some special oak sponges , in: The Roman Imperial Academy of Natural Scientists Auserlesene Medicinic = Surgical = Anatomic = Chymic = and botanical treatises, 17th part with copper, LV: Perception ; Wolfgang Schwarzkopf Nuremberg 1768

literature

  • Andreas Elias Büchner : Academiae Sacri Romani Imperii Leopoldino-Carolinae Natvrae Cvriosorvm Historia. Litteris et impensis Ioannis Iustini Gebaueri, Halae Magdebvrgicae 1755, De Collegis, p. 476 digitized
  • Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann , Jena 1860, p. 197 (archive.org)
  • Willi Ule : History of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the years 1852–1887 . With a look back at the earlier times of its existence. Commissioned by Wilhelm Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1889, supplements and additions to Neigebaur's history, p. 151 ( archive.org ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Jacob Mosers Genealogische Nachrichten, von his own and all families descended from the same , Stuttgart 1752.

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personal data
SURNAME Caroli, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Neptunus (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Wuerttemberg doctor, city doctor in Urach and member of the scholar academy "Leopoldina"
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1660
PLACE OF BIRTH Tübingen
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1690