Ernst von Bibra

Ernst von Bibra
Engraving by August Weger
Born9 June 1806 (1806-06-09)
Schwebheim, Franconia Present day Bavaria, Germany
Died5 June 1878(1878-06-05) (aged 71)
Nuremberg, Bavaria
NationalityGerman
Alma materNeuberg on the Danube, University of Würzburg
Known forStudies of plant intoxicants, animal experimentation, metallurgy of historical objects, grains, anesthesia, art and artifact collector, novelist
Scientific career
Fieldsnatural history, botany, zoology, metallurgy, ethnopsychopharmacology
Ernst von Bibra by Lorenz Ritter
August 1885 Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly illustration of Ernst von Bibra
Self portrait
Castle at Schwebheim in 1870 engraving

Ernst von Bibra (9 June 1806 in Schwebheim – 5 June 1878 in Nuremberg) was a German Naturalist (Natural history scientist) and author. Ernst was a botanist, zoologist, metallurgist, chemist, geographer, travel writer, novelist, duellist, art collector and trailblazer in ethnopsychopharmacology.