Alphabetical Index Index by Year of Birth
Johann Christian Senckenberg
* 1707 Frankfurt
+ 1772 Frankfurt
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Johann Christian Senckenberg was a German physician, naturalist and collector.
In 1763, he established the Senckenberg Foundation to support natural sciences.
This founded the Botanischer Garten der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt am Main.
His name is honoured in the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (Senckenberg Natural History Society) which he endowed,
Frankfurt University Library, and Naturmuseum Senckenberg.
2023