Jacob Bigelow ( born Jacob Bigelow [3] [4] , February 27, 1787 - January 10, 1879 ) is an American botanist , doctor of medicine , doctor, mechanic and poet .
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| Date of Birth | February 27, 1787 |
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| Date of death | January 10, 1879 (91 years old) |
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| A country | USA |
| Scientific field | botany , medicine , mechanics |
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| Awards and prizes | [d] |
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The author of the names of a number of botanical taxa . In the botanical ( binary ) nomenclature, these names are supplemented by the abbreviation " Bigelow " . List of such taxa on the IPNI website Personal page on IPNI website |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Scientific activities
- 3 Publications
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Biography
Jacob Bigelow was born on February 27, 1787 [4] .
In 1810, he received a doctorate in medicine [4] .
Bigelow practiced medicine himself for a year without much financial success, and then began medical practice in Boston with Dr. James Jackson in 1811 [4] . This practice has been very successful [4] .
Since 1812, Jacob Bigelow lectured on botany at Harvard. [4]
Bigelow was also interested in mechanics. In 1829, his work Elements of Technology was published [4] .
He was president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences from 1847 to 1863 and has been a member of this organization for 67 years [4] .
In addition to being a physician, professor, and botanist, Bigelow was also a poet [4] . In 1855, his work Eolopoesis, American Rejected Addresses [4] was anonymously published.
Jacob Bigelow died on January 10, 1879. [4]
Scientific activity
Jacob Bigelow specialized in seed plants [3] .
Publications
- An introduction to physiological & systematical botany . 1814 [5] .
- Florula bostoniensis. A collection of plants of Boston and its environs, with their generic and specific characters, synonyms, descriptions, places of growth, and time of flowering, and occasional remarks . 1814 [6] .
- American medical botany: being a collection of the native medicinal plants of the United States, containing their botanical history and chemical analysis, and properties and uses in medicine, diet and the arts / by Jacob Bigelow . 1817 - 1820 [7] .
- Florula bostoniensis. A collection of plants of Boston and its vicinity, with their generic and specific characters, principal synonyms, descriptions, places of growth, and time of flowering, and occasional remarks. By Jacob Bigelow ... 1824 [8] .
- Elements of Technology . 1829 [4] .
- Eolopoesis, American Rejected Addresses . 1855 [4] .
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 1027287301 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Kelly H. A. , Burrage W. L. Bigelow, Jacob // American Medical Biographies - 2 - Baltimore : The Norman, Remington Company , 1920.
- ↑ 1 2 International Plant Names Index: Jacob Bigelow (1787-1879)
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Jacob Bigelow (1787-1879) Archived on August 27, 2008.
- ↑ An introduction to physiological & systematical botany
- ↑ Florula bostoniensis. A collection of plants of Boston and its environs, with their generic and specific characters, synonyms, descriptions, places of growth, and time of flowering, and occasional remarks
- ↑ American medical botany: being a collection of the native medicinal plants of the United States, containing their botanical history and chemical analysis, and properties and uses in medicine, diet and the arts / by Jacob Bigelow
- ↑ Florula bostoniensis. A collection of plants of Boston and its vicinity, with their generic and specific characters, principal synonyms, descriptions, places of growth, and time of flowering, and occasional remarks. By Jacob Bigelow ...