Johann Jacob Roemer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swiss biologist
Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1763
Place of Birth: Zürich, canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Date of Death: 15-Jan-1819
Profession: university teacher, botanist, entomologist
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Johann Jacob Roemer
- Johann Jacob Roemer (8 January 1763, Zurich – 15 January 1819) was a physician and professor of botany in Zurich, Switzerland.
- He was also an entomologist. With Austrian botanist Joseph August Schultes, he published the 16th edition of Carl Linnaeus' Systema Vegetabilium. Roemer's Genera insectorum is a most attractive Swiss publication on entomology.
- The splendid hand-coloured plates were drawn and engraved by the Swiss artist J.R.
- Schellenberg, an entomologist himself and therefore familiar with structural details. In 1793, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
- The botanical genus Roemeria from the family Papaveraceae is named after him.
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