Johann Michael Zeyher
Johann Michael Zeyher (26 November 1770, in Obernzenn – 23 April 1843, in Schwetzingen) was a German gardener and horticulturist.
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He studied at the Karlsschule in Stuttgart, and later worked as a volunteer under Hofgärtner (court gardener) Friedrich Schweickart in Karlsruhe. In 1792 he moved to Basel, where he subsequently became a court gardener. He later worked at the Grand Ducal gardens in Schwetzingen, where from 1806 to 1843 he held the position of director.[1][2]
He was an uncle of naturalist Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (1799–1858).[3]
Published works
- Beschreibung der Gartenanlagen zu Schwetzingen (with Georg Christian Roemer, 1809) – Description of the gardens at Schwetzingen.
- Verzeichniss der Gewaechse in dem Grossherzoglichen Garten zu Schwetzingen (1819) – Directory of the plants in the Grand Ducal garden at Schwetzingen.
- Schwezingen und seine Garten-Anlagen (with JG Rieger, 1826) – Schwezingen and its garden plants.[4]
References
- Zeyher, Johann Michael Hessische Biografie
- BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
- Index Collectorum - Herbarii Senckenbergiani
- Zeyher, Johann Michael 1770-1843 WorldCat Identities
- IPNI. J.Zeyh.
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