Johann Friedrich Laurer (28 September 1798 in Bindlach – 23 November 1873 in

Greifswald Greifswald (), officially the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald (german: Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald, Low German: ''Griepswoold'') is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rosto ...

) was a German

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 ...

pharmacologist Pharmacology is a branch of medicine, biology and pharmaceutical sciences concerned with drug or medication action, where a drug may be defined as any artificial, natural, or endogenous (from within the body) molecule which exerts a biochemic ...

and lichenologist. He initially trained as a pharmacist, of which, he worked as an assistant under

Heinrich Christian Funck Heinrich Christian Funck (22 November 1771 – 14 April 1839) was a German pharmacist and bryologist born in Wunsiedel, Bavaria. He was a co-founder of the Regensburg Botanical Society. He received early training at a pharmacy in Regensburg, subs ...

at the pharmacy in Gefrees. He made the acquaintance of

David Heinrich Hoppe David Heinrich Hoppe (15 December 1760 – 1 August 1846) was a German pharmacist, botanist, entomologist and physician. He is remembered for contributions made to the study of alpine flora. Life Hoppe, a merchant's son from Vilsen, Hanover, ...

, who inspired him to learn botany, and by way of an invitation from bryologist

Christian Friedrich Hornschuch Christian Friedrich Hornschuch (21 August 1793 – 24 December 1850) was a German botanist born in Rodach, Bavaria. In 1808 he started his career as an apprentice at a pharmacy in Hildburghausen. In 1813 he moved to Regensburg as an assistan ...

, he became a student at the

University of Greifswald The University of Greifswald (; german: Universität Greifswald), formerly also known as “Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald“, is a public research university located in Greifswald, Germany, in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pom ...

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at Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie From 1824 he studied medicine and sciences at Greifswald, where his instructors included anatomist Friedrich Christian Rosenthal. In 1830 he received his doctorate with the dissertation ''Disquisitiones anatomicae de Amphistomo conico'', and shortly afterwards, obtained his habilitation for anatomy. In 1836 he was named an associate professor of anatomy and physiology at Greifswald. In 1849 he became an associate professor of pharmacology, of which, he attained a full professorship in 1863.Lexikon deutschsprachiger Bryologen, Volume 1
by Jan-Peter Frahm, Jens EggersKraatz - Menges / edited by Rudolf Vierhaus
Deutsche Biographishe Enzyklopaedie In 1830 he described a muscular duct found in some

trematode Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occurs, is usually a snail. The definitive h ...

s that is now referred to as Laurer's canal. In 1841 Ludwig Reichenbach named the fungal genus ''

Laurera ''Laurera'' is a genus of fungi within the Trypetheliaceae family. Species It was known to have nearly 50 species at one point in time, but most have these have become synonyms for other species, within the ''Astrothelium ''Astrothelium'' is ...

'' (family Trypetheliaceae) after him. Other mycological genera that bear his name are ''Laureriella'' ( Hepp, 1867) and ''Laureromyces'' ( Cif. & Tomas., 1953).BHL
Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications In 1827 he published ''Beiträge zur kryptogamischen Flora der Insel Rügen'' ("Contribution to the

cryptogam A cryptogam (scientific name Cryptogamae) is a plant (in the wide sense of the word) or a plant-like organism that reproduces by spores, without flowers or seeds. The name ''Cryptogamae'' () means "hidden reproduction", referring to the fact ...

ic flora of the island of

Rügen Rügen (; la, Rugia, ) is Germany's largest island. It is located off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea and belongs to the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The "gateway" to Rügen island is the Hanseatic city of Stralsund, where ...

"). His lichenology herbarium became part of the state herbarium in Berlin.

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