Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Johann Wilhelm Weinmann was born on March 13, 1683. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (13 March 1683 Gardelegen, Germany – 1741), apothecary and botanist, is noted for his creation of the florilegium Phytanthoza iconographia between 1737 and 1745, an ambitious project which resulted in eight folio volumes with more than 1,000 hand-coloured engravings of several thousand plants. The work is thought to have inspired similar works, such as the Japanese medicinal work "Honzo Zufu" (1828) by Iwasaki Tsunemasa, and "Somoku-dzusetsu" (1856) by Yokusai Iinuma. He was born in Gardelegen son of the barber, Matthias Christian Weinmann. What is known of his early…