Jonathan Carl Zenker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German naturalist
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Place of Birth: Sundremda, Thuringia, Germany
About Jonathan Carl Zenker
- Jonathan Carl (or Karl) Zenker (1 March 1799 – 6 November 1837) was a German naturalist born in Sundremda, located in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district. Originally a student of theology at the University of Jena, he subsequently devoted his energies to science and medicine.
- From 1823 he lived in Dresden, later returning to Jena, where on the basis of his dissertation "Batrachomyologia", he became a privat-docent of natural history.
- In 1828 he became an associate professor of botany and natural history, followed by a full professorship in 1836 (one year prior to his death at the age of 38). A genus of grasses called Zenkeria is named in his honour.
- Also, he named the genus of fossil broad-leaf trees Credneria in honor of Karl August Credner.
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