How to Pronounce Hermann Friedrich Teichmeyer
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Apr 30, 1685 Hann. Münden, Lower Saxony, Germany Died on 05 Feb 1746 (aged 60)
German botanist
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About Hermann Friedrich Teichmeyer
- Hermann Friedrich Teichmeyer (April 30, 1685 – February 5, 1746) was a German physician and botanist born in Hannoversch Münden.
- He was father-in-law to Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777). The botanical genus Teichmeyeria (Scop., 1777) is likely named after him, although etymological information is lacking.
- It is considered to be synonymous with the genus Gustavia. 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.
