Heinrich August Ludwig Wiggers (12 June 1803 – 13 February 1880) was a German pharmacist,

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and botanist born in Altenhagen (today part of the city of

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). Trained as a pharmacist, in 1827 he relocated to the

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, where he served as a laboratory assistant under

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(1776–1835), and later as an assistant to Friedrich Wöhler (1800–1882) until 1849. In the meantime he earned his doctorate in 1835, later becoming a private lecturer (1837) and an associate professor of pharmacy (1848) at the university. From 1836 to 1850 he served as deputy inspector-general, later associate inspector-general, of all pharmacies in the

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(after 1860 this included the Principality of Lippe).

Selected writings

* ''Inquisitio in Secale cornutum, Respectu inprimis habito ad ejus Ortum, Naturam et Partes constituentes nominatim eas, quibus Vires medicinales adscribendae sunt'' . Rosenbach, Gottingae .a.183
Digital edition
by the University and State Library Düsseldorf * ''Die Trennung und Prüfung metallischer Gifte aus verdächtigen organischen Substanzen : mit Rücksicht auf Blausäure und Opium'', 1835 * ''Grundriss der Pharmacognosie'', 184
Digital edition

Digital 2nd edition from 1847
by the University and State Library Düsseldorf * ''Handbuch der Pharmacognosie'', 1864.WorldCat Identities
(publications)Digital edition
by the University and State Library Düsseldorf

References

''Heinrich August Ludwig Wiggers''
translated biography @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie German pharmacists 19th-century German chemists People from Hanover Region Academic staff of the University of Göttingen 1803 births 1880 deaths {{Germany-botanist-stub