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Johann Hedwig, detail from an engraving, 1793
Johann Hedwig, detail from an engraving, 1793

Johann Hedwig

Transylvanian botanist
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Born:
Dec. 8, 1730, Kronstadt, Transylvania
Died:
Feb. 18, 1799, Leipzig (aged 68)
Subjects Of Study:
moss
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Johann Hedwig (born Dec. 8, 1730, Kronstadt, Transylvania—died Feb. 18, 1799, Leipzig) was a botanist who did more than any other scientist to advance the knowledge of mosses. Hedwig studied medicine at the University of Leipzig but took up botany when the city of Kronstadt refused to grant him a license to practice medicine. In 1781 he returned to Leipzig and became professor of medicine in 1786 and of botany in 1789. Meanwhile, he had begun a study of the mosses and produced Fundamentum Historiae Naturalis Muscorum Frondosorum, 2 vol. (1782–83; “Elements of the Natural History of Leafy Mosses”), in ...(100 of 187 words)

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