Johann Gottfried Olearius (1635–1711) was a German preacher, musician and horticulturalist. (The name "Olearius" is the Latinised version of the German name Ölschläger.) Johann Gottfried was a member of a large, extended family of pastors, theologians, professors and lawyers in Halle,

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and Weissenfels. He was the superintendent and pastor of the Barfüsserkirche (later the

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). He had been an accomplished church musician and supervised the young

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when he was a church organist at

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from 1703 to 1707. Olearius also had an interest in horticulture, and the plant genus ''

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'' was named in his honour by

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Olearius, Johann Gottfried 1635 births 1711 deaths People from Halle (Saale) German musicians German horticulturists