Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter
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| Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter | |
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| Born | April 27, 1733 Sulz am Neckar, Germany |
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| Died | November 11, 1806 Karlsruhe, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter (April 27, 1733 - November 11, 1806), also spelled Koelreuter or Kohlreuter was a German botanist.
Kölreuter was born the son of a pharmacist in Karlsruhe, Germany, and grew up in Sulz. He studied medicine at the University of Tübingen under physician and botanist Johann Georg Gmelin. He made PhD in 1755.
He worked in St. Petersburg from 1756 to 1761, when he moved back to Sulz and in 1762 to Calw.
Kölreuter described many plant species, and studied pollen.
The genus Koelreuteria has been named in his honour.
Kölreuter died in Karlsruhe, Germany.
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- Dissertatio inauguralis medica de insectis coleopteris, nec non de plantis quibusdam rarioribus... Tubingae: litteris Erhardianis (1755)
- Vorläufige Nachricht von einigen, das Geschlecht der Pflanzen betreffenden Versuchen (1761-1766)
- Das entdeckte Geheimniss der Cryptogamie (1777)
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| NAME | Kölreuter, Joseph Gottlieb |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1733 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sulz am Neckar, Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 11, 1806 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Karlsruhe, Germany |
