Johann Michael Fehr

Johann Michael Fehr (9 May 1610 – 15 November 1688) was a German doctor, botanist and scientist who is most notable for being one of the four founding members of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

Johann Michael Fehr
Born(1610-05-09)9 May 1610
Kitzingen, Holy Roman Empire
(now Germany)
Died15 November 1688(1688-11-15) (aged 78)
Schweinfurt, Holy Roman Empire
(now Germany)
Resting placePaulinerkirche, Leipzig, Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materLeipzig University
University of Wittenberg
University of Jena
University of Altdorf
University of Padua
Known forFounding member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

Biography

Fehr was born on 9 May 1610 to Michael Fehr and Margarete Martin. He studied Medicine at the universities of Leipzig, Wittenberg, Jena, Altdorf and at the University of Padua where he got promoted to Dr. med. et phil in 1641.[1][2]

In 1642, he would marry Maria Barbara, whom he would have three children with. Upon her death in 1658, he would marry Anna Maria in Schweinfurt whom he would have four more children with.[1]

Along with three others he founded the "academia naturae curiosorum" on 1 January 1652, which is now known as the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, which was the first academy like it at the time making it the oldest academy of science in Germany.[3][4] After the death of Johann Lorenz Bausch, he would take his position and become the second President of the academy, serving from 1666 until 1686.[4][1][2]

He died at the age of 78 on 15 November 1688 in Schweinfurt and was buried at the Paulinerkirche in Leipzig.[5]

Selected works
  • Anchora sacra vel Scorzonera (1666)[6]
  • Hiera picra seu analecta de absynthio (1667)

References
  1. "Johann Michael Fehr". schweinfurtfuehrer.de. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  2. Oeller, Anton. "Fehr, Johann Michael". Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. Jedlitschka, Karsten (13 March 2008). "The Archive of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in Halle (Saale): more than 350 years of the history of science". Notes and Records. 62 (2): 237–244. doi:10.1098/rsnr.2007.0009. ISSN 1743-0178. S2CID 73386192.
  4. "The History of the Leopoldina". German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  5. "Die Beziehungen zwischen der Leopoldina und Leipzig". paulinerkirche.org. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  6. "Anchora Sacra, Vel Scorzonera, Ad normam & formam Academiae Naturae-Curiosorum". Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
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