Georg Andreas Helwing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georg Andreas Helwing

German Botanist, Lutheran pastor

Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1666

Place of Birth: Węgorzewo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 03-Jan-1748

Profession: author, theologian, botanist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Georg Andreas Helwing (Polish: Jerzy Andrzej Helwing) (14 December 1666 – 3 January 1748) was a botanist and Lutheran pastor. Helwing was born in Angerburg (Wegorzewo) in Brandenburg-Prussia's Duchy of Prussia.
He became a "remote member" of the Prussian Academy of Sciences on 31 August 1709. Helwing discovered and introduced several plants: Helwingia is named after him.
He became known as the Tournefortius Borussicus and Prussian Plinius. In 1999, the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn was founded with reference to him.