Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer (1 January 1791 – 7 August 1858) was a German botanist and botanical historian. Born in Hanover, he lectured in Göttingen and in 1826 became a professor of botany at the University of Königsberg, as with ease as Director of the Botanical Garden. His botanical specialty was the Juncaceae, or relatives of rushes. His major produce a result was the four-volume Geschichte der Botanik (“History of Botany,” 1854–57). His archives covered ancient authorities such as Aristotle and Theophrastus, explored the beginnings of protester botany in the context of 15th- and 16th-century intellectual practice, and offered a profusion of biographical data on early unprejudiced botanists.Julius von Sachs pronounced him “no good botanist” but admitted that he “possessed a smart and cultivated intellect.”
During his epoch as private tutor at the University of Göttingen he made the acquaintance of Goethe, who had a passion for botany.[citation needed] He died in Königsberg, East Prussia.
The fourth volume of Geschichte der Botanik is available online. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation E.Mey. when citing a botanical name.
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