Johann Heinrich Dierbach Explained

Johann Heinrich Dierbach (23 March 1788 in Heidelberg  - 11 May 1845 in Heidelberg) was a German pharmacist and botanist.

He studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg, receiving his doctorate in 1816. During the following year, he became a lecturer at Heidelberg and in 1820 an associate professor. At the university, he taught classes on subjects with botanical and medico-pharmacological themes.^[1]

He was the author of numerous articles in botanical, medical and pharmaceutical journals. The plant genus Dierbachia (syn. Dunalia, family Solanaceae) was named in his honor by Kurt Sprengel.^{[1] [2]}

Selected works

• Flora heidelbergensis (2 parts, 1819–20).
• Die Arzneimitlel des Hippokrates, 1824  - The drug of Hippocrates.
• Die neuesten Entdeckungen in der Materia Medica, für praktische Aerzte geordnet (2 volumes, 1828)  - The latest discoveries in materia medica.
• Abhandlung über die Arzneikräfte der Pflanzen : verglichen mit ihrer Structur und ihren chemischen Bestandtheilen (1831)  - Treatise on the medicinal properties of plants; comparison of their structure and chemical constituents.
• Flora apiciana. Ein Beitrag zur näheren Kenntniss der Nahrungsmittel der alten Römer (1831)  - Flora apiciana, contribution to the knowledge of the diet of the ancient Romans.
• Flora mythologica oder Pflanzenkunde in bezug auf mythologie und symbolik der Griechen und Römer (1833)  - Flora mythologica, or botany in regards to the mythology and symbolism of the Greeks and Romans.^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd118678310.html Dierbach, Johann Heinrich
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=6YIJqE3Qep0C&dq=Dierbachia+%22Johann+Heinrich%22&pg=PA784 CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific ..., Volume 2
3. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=%22Dierbach,JohannHeinrich,1788-1845.%22&type=author&inst= HathiTrust Digital Library