Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz

Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz

Classis cruciformium emendata cum figuris aeneis in necessarium instit. rei herbariae supplementum (1769)
Born (1722-11-25)November 25, 1722
Roodt-sur-Eisch, Luxembourg
Died January 18, 1799(1799-01-18) (aged 76)
Judenburg, Austria
Fields Botany, medicine
Institutions
Alma mater University of Vienna
Influences
Spouse
  • Anna Susanne Petrasch
  • Magda Lena de Tremon

Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz (Roodt-sur-Eisch, Luxembourg, 25 November 1722 – 18 January 1799, Judenburg, Austria) was a botanist and a physician.

In 1750 he obtained his doctorate of medicine in Vienna, where he was a pupil of Gerard van Swieten (1700–1772). He studied obstetrics in Paris and London. In Paris he was influenced by André Levret (1703–1780) and Nicolas Puzos (1686–1753).[1]

He was first married to Anna Susanne Petrasch and then to Magda Lena de Tremon. He had two sons and one daughter.[1]

He became a lecturer in obstetrics at St. Mary's Hospital in Vienna in 1754. From 1756 to 1774, he taught physiology and materia medica at the university in that city.[1]

He was the author of:

He recommended better methods of hygiene for midwives. In addition to his work in medicine, he studied chemistry, botany, and the sources of mineral water.[1] The plant genus Crantzia (Gesneriaceae) was named for him by Thomas Nuttall.[2]

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