Gottlob Burchard Genzmer (8 November 1716 – 14 April 1771) was a German Lutheran theologian, tutor and naturalist, born in Hohen-Lübbichow (now
Cedynia) and dying in
Stargard
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. His pupils included the sisters
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and
Charlotte of
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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and he was a friend of the art historian
Johann Joachim Winckelmann. Genzmer is known for his detailed damage surveys of the June 29, 1764 violent tornado which impacted Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. His damage surveys ultimately led to the
European Severe Storms Laboratory rating the first and only T11 tornado on the
TORRO scale.
Bibliography (in German)
*Adolf Christian Siemssen: "Beitrag zur Lebensgeschichte des Herrn G
ttlobB
rchardGenzmer". In: ''Magazin für die Naturkunde und Oekonomie Mecklenburgs''. Schwerin u. Leipzig 1 (1791). p. 311–324.
*Peter Starsy: "Gottlob Burchard Genzmer (1716–1771). Versuch einer späten Würdigung". In: ''Stier und Greif: Sonderheft 1000 Jahre Mecklenburg''. Schwerin, 1995. pp. 74–84.
*Peter Starsy: "Gottlob Burchard Genzmer". In: ''Biographisches Lexikon für Mecklenburg''. Bd. 2 (1999). pp. 97–103
it weit. Angaben u. Werkverzeichnis
*Grete Grewolls: ''Wer war wer in Mecklenburg und Vorpommern. Das Personenlexikon''. Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock, 2011 .
18th-century Lutheran clergy
German Lutheran theologians
18th-century naturalists
German naturalists
18th-century German educators
1716 births
1771 deaths
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