German physician, chemist and naturalist
Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr (June 16, 1749, Stuttgart – February 27, 1821, Tübingen ) was a German physician , chemist , and naturalist .
In 1768 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Tübingen , where he also served as a professor of chemistry , botany , and natural history from 1774 to 1801.[1] He is the taxonomic authority of several genera, including Mellivora , whose only species is the honey badger (Mellivora capensis ).[2] [3]
Published works In 1781 he performed extensive scientific investigations in the Swiss Alps , publishing "Alpenreise vom Jahre 1781 " (1784–86, 2 vols.) as a result.[1] Other noted written efforts by Storr include:
"Dissertatio inauguralis medica, de curis viperinis ", 1768 (with Ferdinand Christoph Oetinger ). Entwurf einer Folge von Unterhaltungen zur Einleitung in die Naturgeschichte , 1777.Ueber seine Bearbeitungsart der Naturgeschichte , 1780."Investigandae crystallifodinarum oeconomiae quaedam pericula ", 1785.[4] [5] "Idea methodi fossilium", 1807.
References ^ a b Curtis Schuh’s Biobibliography of Mineralogy. The Mineralogical Record Archived 2013-03-26 at the Wayback Machine biographical information ^ GBIF Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine Mellivora Storr, 1780 ^ Bioone Mammalian Species Mellivora capensis ^ WorldCat Identities Most widely held works by Gottlieb Konrad Christian Storr ^ WorldCat Gottlieb Konrad Christian Storr. Chemiker, Botaniker, Mediziner. 1749-1821