Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr

Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr (June 16, 1749 in Stuttgart – February 27, 1821 in Tübingen) was a German physician, chemist and naturalist.

Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr (1749–1821).

In 1768 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Tübingen, where from 1774 to 1801, he served as a professor of chemistry, botany and natural history.[1] He is the taxonomic authority of the genus 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 "Alpenreise vom Jahre 1781" (1784–86, 2 volumes) as a result.[1] Other noted written efforts by Storr include:

  • "Dissertatio inauguralis medica, de curis viperinis", 1768 (with Ferdinand Christoph Oetinger 1719–1772).
  • Entwurf einer Folge von Unterhaltungen zur Einleitung in die Naturgeschichte, 1777.
  • Ueber seine Bearbeitungsart der Naturgeschichte, 1780.
  • "Investigandae crystallifodinarum oeconomiae quaedam pericula", 1785.[4][5]
  • "Idea methodi fossilium", 1807.

References
  1. Curtis Schuh’s Biobibliography of Mineralogy. The Mineralogical Record Archived 2013-03-26 at the Wayback Machine biographical information
  2. GBIF Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine Mellivora Storr, 1780
  3. Bioone Mammalian Species Mellivora capensis
  4. WorldCat Identities Most widely held works by Gottlieb Konrad Christian Storr
  5. WorldCat Storr, Gottlieb Konrad Christian Chemiker, Botaniker, Mediziner 1749-1821


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