Johann Michael Fehr
| Johann Michael Fehr | |
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| Born | 9 May 1610 Kitzingen, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Schweinfurt, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) |
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Buried
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Paulinerkirche, Leipzig, Germany
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| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | Leipzig University University of Wittenberg University of Jena University of Altdorf University of Padua |
| Known for | Founding member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina |
Johann Michael Fehr (9 May 1610 – 15 November 1688) was a German doctor, botanist and scientist who is most notable for being one of the four founding members of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
Biography
Fehr was born on 9 May 1610 to Michael Fehr and Margarete Martin. He studied Medicine at the universities of Leipzig, Wittenberg, Jena, Altdorf and at the University of Padua where he got promoted to Dr. med. et phil in 1641.[1][2]
In 1642, he would marry Maria Barbara, whom he would have three children with. Upon her death in 1658, he would marry Anna Maria in Schweinfurt whom he would have four more children with.[1]
Along with three others he founded the "academia naturae curiosorum" on 1 January 1652, which is now known as the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, which was the first academy like it at the time making it the oldest academy of science in Germany.[3][4] After the death of Johann Lorenz Bausch, he would take his position and become the second President of the academy, serving from 1666 until 1686.[4][1][2]
He died at the age of 78 on 15 November 1688 in Schweinfurt and was buried at the Paulinerkirche in Leipzig.[5]
Selected works
- Anchora sacra vel Scorzonera (1666)[6]
- Hiera picra seu analecta de absynthio (1667)
References
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- 1610 births
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