Christian Ehrenfried Weigel

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Christian von Weigel
Christian Ehrenfried Weigel (1748-1831)
Born	24 May 1748 Stralsund, Swedish Pomerania, Sweden
Died	8 August 1831 Greifswald, Province of Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia
Fields	Chemist and botanist
Institutions	University of Greifswald
Alma mater	University of Göttingen
Doctoral advisor	Johann Christian Erxleben
Doctoral students	Karl Rudolphi
Author abbreviation (botany)	Weigel

Christian Ehrenfried Weigel (24 May 1748 – 8 August 1831) was a German scientist and, beginning in 1774, a professor of Chemistry, Pharmacy, Botany, and Mineralogy at the University of Greifswald.

Born in Stralsund, in 1771 he received his degree, having studied under Johann Christian Erxleben in Göttingen. In 1806, Weigel was ennobled and carried from then on a "von" in his name. He became the personal physician of the Swedish royal house two years later. Among other things, Weigel developed a cooling heat exchanger (German Gegenstromkühler) (1771), which was later improved upon by Justus von Liebig and then became to be known as the Liebig condenser (Liebigkühler). Furthermore, the Genus Weigela is named after him.

In 1792, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

The standard author abbreviation Weigel is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

References

↑ "Author Query for 'Weigel'". International Plant Names Index.

External links

Weigel biography
Wegel's math genealogy
Christian Ehrenfried Weigel in the German National Library catalogue
Literature about Christian Ehrenfried Weigel in the State Bibliography (Landesbibliographie) of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Plant Name Search Results" (HTML). International Plant Names Index.
Correspondence of Christian Ehrenfried Weigel with Carl von Linné

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 15495930 LCCN: nr99023203 ISNI: 0000 0000 5533 4500 GND: 115358684

Persondata
Name	Weigel, Christian Ehrenfried
Alternative names
Short description	German scientist
Date of birth	24 May 1748
Place of birth	Stralsund, Swedish Pomerania, Sweden
Date of death	8 August 1831
Place of death	Greifswald, Province of Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia

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