Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer
Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer | |
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| Born | 1 January 1791 |
| Died | 7 August 1858 (aged 67) Königsberg, East Prussia |
| Nationality | German |
| Known for | Botanist, Botanical historian, Specialist in Juncaceae |
| Notable work | Geschichte der Botanik |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany history of science |
Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer (1 January 1791 – 7 August 1858) was a German botanist and botanical historian. Born in the Electorate of Hanover, he lectured in Göttingen and in 1826 became a professor of botany at the University of Königsberg, as well as Director of the Botanical Garden. His botanical specialty was the Juncaceae – a family of rushes. His major work was the four-volume Geschichte der Botanik ("History of Botany", 1854–57).[1] His history covered ancient authorities such as Aristotle and Theophrastus, explored the beginnings of modern botany in the context of 15th- and 16th-century intellectual practice, and offered a wealth of biographical data on early modern botanists.[2] Julius von Sachs pronounced him "no great botanist" but admitted that he "possessed a clever and cultivated intellect."[3]
He died in Königsberg, East Prussia.
In 1828, he was honoured by Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle who named a genus of plants from tropical South America after him, Ernestia.[4]
This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation E.Mey. when citing a botanical name.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Department of Systematic Botany, Albrecht von Haller Institute of Plant Sciences, Georg August University Göttingen, Index Collectorum Archived 2008-04-24 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Julius Sachs, History of Botany (1530–1860), translated by Henry E. F. Garnsey, revised by Isaac Bayley Balfour (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1890), pp. 13, 17, 20–32, 376–377.
- ^ Julius Sachs, History of Botany (1530–1860) (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1890), p. 161.
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
- ^ Brummitt, R. K.; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4.
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