Johann Bernhard Wilbrand (8 March 1779 in Clarholz – 6 May 1846 in

Giessen Giessen, spelled Gießen in German (), is a town in the German state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of both the district of Giessen and the administrative region of Giessen. The population is approximately 90,000, with roughly 37,000 univers ...

) 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 its ...

and naturalist. He was a proponent of ''

Naturphilosophie ''Naturphilosophie'' (German for "nature-philosophy") is a term used in English-language philosophy to identify a current in the philosophical tradition of German idealism, as applied to the study of nature in the earlier 19th century. German sp ...

''. In 1806 he received his medical doctorate from the

University of Würzburg The Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (also referred to as the University of Würzburg, in German ''Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg'') is a public research university in Würzburg, Germany. The University of Würzburg is one of ...

, then continued his education in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, where he attended lectures given by

Georges Cuvier Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (; 23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French natural history, naturalist and zoology, zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier ...

André Marie Constant Duméril André Marie Constant Duméril (1 January 1774 – 14 August 1860) was a French zoologist. He was professor of anatomy at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle from 1801 to 1812, when he became professor of herpetology and ichthyology. His ...

and

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biologi ...

. Afterwards, he served as a lecturer at the

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

, and in 1808 relocated to the

University of Giessen University of Giessen, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (german: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen), is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany. It is named after its most famous faculty member, Justus von L ...

as a professor of anatomy and

physiology Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a sub-discipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemical ...

.Wilbrand, Johann Bernhard
Hessian Biography At the University of Giessen, he served as director of the

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 ...

(from 1817) and zoological cabinets (from 1836). In 1835 he received the title of ''Geheimer Medizinal-Rat''. The plant genus ''

Wilbrandia ''Wilbrandia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. It is also in Tribe Coniandreae. It is native to Brazil, Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina. Known species As accepted by Plants of the World Online: The ge ...

'' from South America, in the (family

Cucurbitaceae The Cucurbitaceae, also called cucurbits or the gourd family, are a plant family consisting of about 965 species in around 95 genera, of which the most important to humans are: *''Cucurbita'' – squash, pumpkin, zucchini, some gourds *''Lagena ...

) was named in his honor by Antônio Luiz Patrício da Silva Manso.

Selected works

* 'Handbuch der Botanik nach Linné's System : enthaltend die in Deutschland und in den angränzenden Gegenden wildwachsenden, und merkwürdige ausländische Gewächse'', 1819 – Handbook of botany according to the

Linnaean System Linnaean taxonomy can mean either of two related concepts: # The particular form of biological classification (taxonomy) set up by Carl Linnaeus, as set forth in his '' Systema Naturae'' (1735) and subsequent works. In the taxonomy of Linnaeus ...

. * ''Das Hautsystem in allen seinen Verzweigungen, anatomisch, physiologisch und pathologisch'', 1820 – The skin in all of its ramifications; anatomy, physiology and pathology. * ''Uebersicht der Vegetation Deutschlands nach ihren natürlichen Familien'', 1824 – Overview of German plants according to their natural families. * ''Handbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie in ihrer nächsten Beziehung auf die Physiologie für wissenschaftliche Aertze und für studirende der Arzneikunde'', 1838 – Handbook of

comparative anatomy Comparative anatomy is the study of similarities and differences in the anatomy of different species. It is closely related to evolutionary biology and phylogeny (the evolution of species). The science began in the classical era, continuing in t ...

and its relationship to physiology. * ''Ueber den zusammenhang der natur mit dem übersinnlichen'', 1843 – From the context of the natural with the supernatural.HathiTrust Digital Library
(published works)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilbrand, Johann Bernhard 1779 births 1846 deaths People from Gütersloh (district) University of Würzburg alumni Academic staff of the University of Giessen German anatomists German naturalists