Johann Gerhard Reinhard Andreae

Johann Gehard Reinhard Andreas
Johann Gerhard Reinhard Andreae
Johann Gerhard Reinhard Andreae, portrait by Johann Georg Ziesenis ca. 1770
Born(1724-12-17)17 December 1724
Hanover
Died1 May 1793(1793-05-01) (aged 68)
Hanover
OccupationGerman natural scientist

Johann Gerhard Reinhard Andreae (ca. 17 December 1724 – 1 May 1793), often known as J.G.R. Andreae or I.G.R. Andreae, was a Hanoverian natural scientist, chemist, geologist, court pharmacist (Hofapotheker) and alchemist in the Age of Enlightenment. Internationally noted as a polymath, he was known throughout Europe particularly for his extensive natural history collections and for his pioneering and influential scientific work on soil and their uses for modern agriculture. He was a correspondent and collaborator of many of the great scientists of the day,[1] such as Benjamin Franklin, Pieter van Musschenbroek and George Shaw. The genus Andreaea, the type genus of the family Andreaeaceae of mosses, was named in his honour by his friend, the botanist Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart.[2] Andreae was also noted as one of the major benefactors in Hanover in his lifetime.[3]

  1. ^ "Johann Gerhard Reinhard Andreae (1724–1793)". National Museum of American History. Retrieved 2024-06-11. Johann Gerhard Reinhard Andreae (1724–1793) was a natural scientist, proprietor of a pharmacy in Hanover, and correspondent with many prominent men of his day. This portrait was engraved by Johann Philipp Ganz, engraver to the King of Hannover.
  2. ^ Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Volume 10, p. 381, Linnean Society of London, 1811
  3. ^ Rudolf Vierhaus (eds.), "Andreae, Johann Gerhard Reinhart", in Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie, 2nd ed., Walter de Gruyter, 2005, Vol. 1, p. 165, ISBN 3110946572