Nathanael Matthaeus Von Wolf - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Jan 26, 1724 Chojnice, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland Died on 15 Dec 1784 (aged 60)

German astronomer and botanist

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About Nathanael Matthaeus Von Wolf

  • Nathanael Matthaeus von Wolf, Nathanael Matthäus von Wolf, Polish: Nataniel Mateusz Wolf (28 January 1724 in Konitz – 15 December 1784 in Danzig) was a German botanist, physician, and astronomer. Wolf studied medicine at the University of Erfurt and received his degree of M.D.
  • in 1748.
  • He became the personal physician of Teodor Kazimierz Czartoryski, the Prince-bishop of Poznan, until the bishop's death in 1768.
  • The next year he opened a private office at Tczew and then practised at Danzig (now Gdansk) from 1772.
  • He went on to spend most of his adult life in Danzig.
  • He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1777. As an astronomer, Wolf also taught the Corps of Cadets in Warsaw.
  • He was a member of the Danzig Research Society (Naturforschende Gesellschaft Danzig) and left his scientific collections to them.
  • He greatly supported the building of a planetarium.
  • On 10 May 1785, a few months after Wolf's death, the Danzig physician Phillipp Adolph Lampe presented a memorial at the Danzig Research Society.

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