Christoph Wilhelm Jacob Gatterer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German naturalist
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Place of Birth: Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
About Christoph Wilhelm Jacob Gatterer
- Christoph Wilhelm Jacob Gatterer (December 2, 1759 – September 11, 1838) was a German cameralist and natural historian born in Göttingen.
- He was the son of historian Johann Christoph Gatterer (1727–1799). He studied natural sciences and mineralogy in Göttingen, earning his degree in 1778.
- In 1787 he became a professor of agriculture, forestry and technology at the University of Heidelberg.
- He later became a professor of diplomatics, and in 1803 was appointed director of the Schloßgarten in Heidelberg. Gatterer was the author of Anleitung den Harz und andere Bergwerke mit Nutzen zu bereisen (1785–1794), a five-volume work on the Harz Mountains that placed emphasis on the region's natural history.
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