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| Johann Christian Erxleben | |
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 Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744-1777)
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| Born | June 22, 1744 Quedlinburg, Germany |
| Died | August 19, 1777 |
| Fields | Naturalist |
| Institutions | University of Göttingen |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
| Doctoral advisor | Abraham Gotthelf Kästner |
| Doctoral students | Christian von Weigel |
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He was the son of Dorothea Christiane Erxleben. |
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Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (22 June 1744 – 19 August 1777) was a German naturalist from Quedlinburg.
Erxleben was Professor of physics and veterinary medicine at the University of Göttingen. He wrote Anfangsgründe der Naturlehre and Systema regni animalis (1777). He was founder of the first and oldest academic Veterinary School in Germany, the Institute of Veterinary Medicine, in 1771.
He was Dorothea Christiane Erxleben's son, who was the first woman in Germany to be promoted to a medical doctor.1
References
- Gerta Beaucamp: Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben. Versuch einer Biographie und Bibliographie. (= Lichtenberg-Studien, hg. von Stefan Brüdermann und Ulrich Joost, Bd. 9). Wallstein Verlag Göttingen 1994
- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: Vorlesungen zur Naturlehre. Ediert nach G. Chr. Lichtenbergs annotierten Handexemplar der 4. Auflage von Johann Christian Polykarp Erxlebens "Anfangsgründe der Naturlehre", hrsg. v. d. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Wallstein Verlag Göttingen 2005
- Bertram Brenig: "Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744-1777) - Universalgelehrter, Naturforscher und Tierarzt". Georgia-Augusta 72, 35-44 (2000)
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