Johann Bernhard Wilbrand, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johann Bernhard Wilbrand

Roman physiologist and university teacher

Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1779

Place of Birth: Herzebrock-Clarholz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 06-May-1846

Profession: university teacher, physiologist, anatomist

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Johann Bernhard Wilbrand (8 March 1779 in Clarholz – 6 May 1846 in Giessen) was a German anatomist and naturalist.
He was a proponent of Naturphilosophie. In 1806 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Würzburg, then continued his education in Paris, where he attended lectures given by Georges Cuvier, André Marie Constant Duméril and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.
Afterwards, he served as a lecturer at the University of Münster, and in 1808 relocated to the University of Giessen as a professor of anatomy and physiology.At the University of Giessen, he served as director of the botanical garden (from 1817) and zoological cabinets (from 1836).
In 1835 he received the title of Geheimer Medizinal-Rat.
The plant genus Wilbrandia (family Cucurbitaceae) was named in his honor by Antônio Luiz Patrício da Silva Manso.