Anton Wilhelm Plaz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Anton Wilhelm Plaz

German author and botanist

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1708

Place of Birth: Leipzig, Leipzig District, Germany

Date of Death: 26-Feb-1784

Profession: writer, author, botanist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Anton Wilhelm Plaz

  • Anton Wilhelm Plaz (1 January 1708, Leipzig – 26 February 1784, Leipzig) was a German physician and botanist. From 1723 he studied medicine at the universities of Leipzig and Halle, receiving his doctorate at the latter institution in 1728.
  • In 1733 he became an associate professor of botany at Leipzig, where afterwards, he successively served as a full professor of botany (1749–54), physiology (1754–58), anatomy and surgery (1758), pathology (1758–73) and therapy (1773–84).
  • From 1773 to 1784 he was dean to the medical faculty at the university.
  • He was a member of the Römisch Kaiserlichen Akademie der Naturforscher.

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