Karl Gottfried Erdmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Karl Gottfried Erdmann

German author and botanist

Date of Birth: 31-Mar-1774

Place of Birth: Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 13-Jan-1835

Profession: writer, physician, author, botanist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Karl Gottfried Erdmann

  • Karl Gottfried Erdmann (31 March 1774 – 13 January 1835) was a German physician and botanist.
  • He was the father of chemist Otto Linné Erdmann (1804–1869). Erdmann was born in Wittenberg.
  • In 1798 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Wittenberg with the dissertation "De nexu theoriam et praxin medicam intercedente".
  • In 1799 he became a licensed physician in Dresden, and up until 1824 he held the position of sanitation assessor.
  • He is credited for introducing vaccinations for smallpox in Dresden in 1801.
  • He died in Dresden, aged 60.

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