Christian Ehrenfried Weigel
Christian Ehrenfried Weigel (24 May 1748 – 8 August 1831) was a German scientist and, beginning in 1774, a professor of Chemistry, Pharmacy, Botany, and Mineralogy at the University of Greifswald.
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 Christian Ehrenfried Weigel | |
| Born | 24 May 1748 |
| Died | 8 August 1831 (aged 83) |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
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| Fields | Chemist and botanist |
| Institutions | University of Greifswald |
| Doctoral advisor | Johann Christian Erxleben |
| Doctoral students | Karl Rudolphi |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Weigel |
Born in Stralsund, in 1771 he received his degree, having studied under Johann Christian Erxleben in Göttingen. In 1806, Weigel was ennobled and carried from then on a "von" in his name. He became the personal physician of the Swedish royal house two years later. Among other things, Weigel developed a cooling heat exchanger (German Gegenstromkühler) (1771), which was later improved upon by Justus von Liebig and then became to be known as the Liebig condenser (Liebigkühler). Furthermore, the honeysuckle genus Weigela is named after him.
In 1792, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
External links
- Weigel biography
- Weigel's math genealogy
- Christian Ehrenfried Weigel in the German National Library catalogue
- Literature about Christian Ehrenfried Weigel in the State Bibliography (Landesbibliographie) of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- "Author Details for Christian Ehrenfried Weigel" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI).
- Carl von Linné; Christian Ehrenfried Weigel. "Correspondence".
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