Jean Chrétien Ferdinand Hoefer (German: ''Ferdinand Höfer'', 21 April 1811, Döschnitz – 4 May 1878) was a German-French physician and

lexicographer Lexicography is the study of lexicons and the art of compiling dictionaries. It is divided into two separate academic disciplines: * Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionary, dictionaries. * The ...

. He is now known for his many works on the

history of science The history of science covers the development of science from ancient history, ancient times to the present. It encompasses all three major branches of science: natural science, natural, social science, social, and formal science, formal. Pr ...

Selected works

*''Éléments de chimie générale'' (1841) *''Histoire de la chimie''
Volume 1Volume 2
(1842–43) *
Dictionnaire de chimie et de physique
' (1846) *''Dictionnaire de médecine pratique'' (1847) *
Afrique australe ... Afrique orientale ... Afrique centrale ... Empire de Maroc
' (Paris, Firmin Didot frères, 1848) *''Dictionnaire de botanique'' (1850) *''Le Maroc et la Chaldée'' (1848) *
Chaldée, Assyrie, Médie, Babylonie, Mésopotamie, Phénicie, Palmyrène
' (Firmin Didot frères, 1852). *
Bibliothèque historique de Diodore de Sicile
' (L. Hachette, 1865). Work by

Diodorus Siculus Diodorus Siculus or Diodorus of Sicily (; 1st century BC) was an ancient Greece, ancient Greek historian from Sicily. He is known for writing the monumental Universal history (genre), universal history ''Bibliotheca historica'', in forty ...

, trans. Hoefer. * *''Le monde des bois'' (1867) *''Les saisons'' (1867-1869) *''L'homme devant ses œuvres'' (1872) *
Histoire de la physique et de la chimie
' (Paris: Hachette, 1872) *
Histoire de l'astronomie
' (Paris: Hachette, 1873) *''Histoire de la zoologie'' (1873) *''Histoire des mathématiques'' (1874) *
Histoire de la botanique, de la minéralogie et de la géologie
' (Paris, Hachette et cie, 1882). He also compiled the 46-volume "''

Nouvelle Biographie Générale Nouvelle is a French word, the feminine form of "new". It may refer to: ;Places * Nouvelle, Quebec, a municipality in Quebec, Canada * Nouvelle-Église, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department, France * Port-la-Nouvelle, a commune in the Aude dep ...

, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours''" (New General Biography, from earliest times to the present day), from 1853 to 1866.

References

*F. Hoefer (Ed.).
Nouvelle Biographie Générale, Volume 24
' pp. 845-854.

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Michel Eugène Chevreul Michel Eugène Chevreul (; 31 August 1786 – 9 April 1889) was a French chemist whose work contributed to significant developments in science, medicine, and art. Chevreul's early work with animal fats revolutionized soap and candle manufacturing ...

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