Franz Wernekinck (19 February 1764 in Burg Vischering, now part of Lüdinghausen – 6 February 1839 in

Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state di ...

) was a German physician and botanist. He was the father of

anatomist Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having it ...

Friedrich Christian Gregor Wernekinck Friedrich Christian Gregor Wernekinck (13 March 1798 – 23 March 1835) was a German anatomist. His specialties were anatomy and mineralogy. Wernekinck was born in Münster (Bishopric of Münster, Holy Roman Empire) in 1798. After attending t ...

(1798–1835). From 1788 he worked as a physician in

. From 1797 to 1822 he was a professor of natural history at the

University of Münster The University of Münster (german: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. With more than 43,000 students and over 120 fields of stud ...

, where he also served as director of its

botanical garden A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens, an ...

. In 1802 he attained the title of ''Medicinalrath''.

Associated written works

* ''Icones plantarum sponte nascentium in episcopatu Monasteriensi'', 1798. * ''Franz Wernekinck, Arzt und Botaniker (1764 - 1839) und seine Pflanzenbilder aus dem Münsterland''; by Kaja, Hans: Verlag: Münster: Aschendorff, 1995, (biography of Franz Wernekinck).Franz Wernekinck, Arzt und Botaniker, etc.
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