Georg Rudolf Boehmer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georg Rudolf Boehmer

German botanist and physician

Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1723

Place of Birth: Legnica, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 04-Apr-1803

Profession: physician, university teacher, botanist, entomologist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Georg Rudolf Boehmer (German: Böhmer) (October 1, 1723 – April 4, 1803) was a German botanist and physician born in Liegnitz. He studied botany at the University of Leipzig under Christian Gottlieb Ludwig (1709–1773).
In 1752, he succeeded Abraham Vater (1684–1751) as professor of botany and anatomy at the University of Wittenberg, where in 1782 became a professor of therapy.
During his career he also had part-time duties as Stadtphysikus in Wittenberg, later serving a similar function in Kemberg. Among his publications was a five-volume work on natural history called Bibliotheca scriptorum historiae naturalis.
The plant genus Boehmeria from the family Urticaceae is named in his honor.
He is also known as an entomologist.