# Franz Gerhard Eschweiler

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German botanist (1796–1831)

Franz Gerhard Eschweiler Born 1796 (1796) Cologne, Holy Roman Empire Died 4 July 1831(1831-07-04) (aged 34–35) Alma mater University of Landshut Scientific career Fields Botany Author abbrev. (botany) Eschw.[1]

**Franz Gerhard Eschweiler** (1796 – 4 July 1831) was a German [botanist](/source/Botanist).

Eschweiler was born in [Cologne](/source/Cologne) in 1796, the son of a district judge. After graduating from high school in Cologne, he first studied law in [Bonn](/source/Bonn), but then switched to [natural sciences](/source/Natural_science) and continued his studies at the [University of Landshut](/source/University_of_Landshut). There he received his doctorate in medicine in 1824.

He then turned to botany and worked on the material collected by [Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius](/source/Carl_Friedrich_Philipp_von_Martius) in Brazil. In recognition of this collaboration, the Brazilian shrub genus *[Eschweilera](/source/Eschweilera)* was named after him.[2]

Eschweiler worked in the [Regensburg Botanical Society](/source/Regensburg_Botanical_Society) and from 1827 received a teaching position as a lecturer in natural history at the Royal Lyceum in Regensburg.[3] This activity had to be interrupted several times due to his deteriorating health, and he died on 4 July 1831.[2]

## See also

- [Category:Taxa named by Franz Gerhard Eschweiler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Taxa_named_by_Franz_Gerhard_Eschweiler)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Eschweiler, Franz Gerhard (Franciscus Gerardus) (1796-1831)"](https://www.ipni.org/a/18544-1). [International Plant Names Index](/source/International_Plant_Names_Index). Retrieved 27 September 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Nachruf_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Nachruf_2-1) anon (1963). ["Dr. Franz Gerhard Eschweiler"](https://www.zobodat.at/biografien/Eschweiler_Franz_Gerhard_Acta-Albertina-Ratisbonensia_25_0001-0152-16.pdf) (PDF). *Acta Albertina Ratisbonensia* (in German). **25**: 79–80.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Bresinksy_2005_3-0)** Bresinksy, Andreas (2005). ["Nach Regensburg und Regensburgern benannte Pflanzen"](https://www.zobodat.at/biografien/Regensburg_Pflanzennamen_Hoppea_2005_66_0039-0051.pdf) [Plants named after Regensburg and Regensburgers] (PDF). *Denkschriften der Königlich-Baierischen Botanischen Gesellschaft in Regensburg* (in German). **66**: 39–51.

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