Johann Gerhard Reinhard Andreae
Johann Gerhard Reinhard Andreae (ca. 17 December 1724 – 1 May 1793), often known as
J.G.R. Andreae or
I.G.R. Andreae, was a
Hanoverian natural scientist, chemist, geologist, court pharmacist (''Hofapotheker'') and
alchemist in the
Age of Enlightenment. Internationally noted as a
polymath, he was known throughout Europe particularly for his extensive natural history collections and for his pioneering and influential scientific work on soil and their uses for modern
agriculture. He was a friend of many of the great scientists of the day, such as
Benjamin Franklin,
Pieter van Musschenbroek and
George Shaw. The genus ''
Andreaea'', the type genus of the family
Andreaeaceae of mosses, was named in his honour by his friend, the botanist
Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart. Andreae was also noted as one of the major benefactors in Hanover in his lifetime.
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