Ernst Gottfried Baldinger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernst Gottfried Baldinger

physician

Date of Birth: 13-May-1738

Place of Birth: Großvargula, Thuringia, Germany

Date of Death: 21-Jan-1804

Profession: university teacher, botanist, entomologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Ernst Gottfried Baldinger (13 May 1738 – 21 January 1804), German physician, was born in Großvargula near Erfurt. He studied medicine at Erfurt, Halle and Jena, earning his MD in 1760 under the guidance of Ernst Anton Nicolai and in 1761 was entrusted with the superintendence of the military hospitals connected with the Prussian encampment near Torgau. He published a treatise in 1765, De Militum Morbis, which met with a favourable reception.
In 1768, he became professor of medicine at Jena, which he left in 1773 for Göttingen, and in 1785 he moved to Marburg, where he died of apoplexy on 21 January 1804. Among his pupils were Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Albrecht Thaer, and Johann Christian Wiegleb.
He wrote approximately 84 separate treatises, in addition to numerous papers scattered through various collections and journals.
He corresponded with Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus and was the author of some plant names.



Alternative names	Konrad Westermayr (1765-1834); Conrad Westermayr
Description	German painter, copperplate engraver, engraver and drawer
Date of birth/death	30 January 1765	5 October 1834
Location of birth/death	Hanau	Hanau
Work location	Germany
Authority control	: Q578760 VIAF: 20490683 ISNI: 0000 0000 6638 7835 ULAN: 500074219 LCCN: no2007053091 NLA: 36016859 WorldCat