Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr Explained

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 "German: Alpenreise vom Jahre 1781" (1784–86, 2 vols.) as a result.^[1] Other noted written efforts by Storr include:

• "Latin: Dissertatio inauguralis medica, de curis viperinis", 1768 (with Ferdinand Christoph Oetinger).
• German: Entwurf einer Folge von Unterhaltungen zur Einleitung in die Naturgeschichte, 1777.
• German: Ueber seine Bearbeitungsart der Naturgeschichte, 1780.
• "Latin: Investigandae crystallifodinarum oeconomiae quaedam pericula", 1785.^{[4] [5]}
• "Idea methodi fossilium", 1807.

Notes and References

1. http://www.minrec.org/libdetail.asp?id=1345 Curtis Schuh’s Biobibliography of Mineralogy. The Mineralogical Record
2. https://www.gbif.org/species/107440672 GBIF
3. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1644/721?journalCode=mmsp Bioone Mammalian Species
4. http://orlabs.oclc.org/identities/lccn-no94-28115/ WorldCat Identities
5. http://www.worldcat.org/identities/np-storr,%20gottlieb%20konrad%20christian$chemiker%20botaniker%20mediziner$1749%201821/ WorldCat