Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel

German botanist

Date of Birth: 03-Aug-1766

Place of Birth: Boldekow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Date of Death: 15-Mar-1833

Profession: physician, university teacher, botanist, mycologist, bryologist, pteridologist

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (3 August 1766 – 15 March 1833) was a German botanist and physician who published an influential multivolume history of medicine, Versuch einer pragmatischen Geschichte der Arzneikunde (1792–99 in four volumes with later editions running to five) and several other medical reference works.