Hermann_Friedrich_Teichmeyer

Hermann Friedrich Teichmeyer

Hermann Friedrich Teichmeyer

German physician and botanist (1685–1746)


Hermann Friedrich Teichmeyer (30 April 1685 – 5 February 1746) was a German physician and botanist born in Hannoversch Münden. He was father-in-law to Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777).

Hermann Friedrich Teichmeyer

The botanical genus Teichmeyeria (Scop., 1777) is likely named after him, although etymological information is lacking.[1] It is considered to be synonymous with the genus Gustavia.[2]

Teichmeyer was a professor of experimental physics, medicine and botany at the University of Jena. He was a pioneer of forensic medicine, being remembered for his 1723 publication of Institutiones medicinae legalis vel forensis, an important textbook on forensics that was later translated into German.


References

  1. BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  2. Vascular Plant Families and Genera List of Genera in Lecythidaceae
  3. International Plant Names Index.  Teichm.




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