Johann Christoph Röhling
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Johann Christoph Röhling (27 April 1757 - 19 December 1813) was a German botanist and clergyman who was a native of Gundernhausen, a town near Darmstadt
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He studied theology
in Giessen, and later taught school in Frankfurt am Main. In 1792 he became a pastor in Braubach
, and in 1800, a parish priest in Breckenheim
.
Röhling was the author of Deutschlands Flora, an important treatise on German flora, of which the first edition was published in 1796. He also published a work on mosses of Germany titled Deutschlands Moose (1800).
Darmstadt
Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
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He studied theology
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
in Giessen, and later taught school in Frankfurt am Main. In 1792 he became a pastor in Braubach
Braubach
Braubach is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, approx. 10 km southeast of Koblenz...
, and in 1800, a parish priest in Breckenheim
Breckenheim
Breckenheim, Germany is one of Wiesbaden's eastern suburbs, and was incorporated into the city of Wiesbaden on 1 January 1977. It has a population of about 3,600.-History:...
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Röhling was the author of Deutschlands Flora, an important treatise on German flora, of which the first edition was published in 1796. He also published a work on mosses of Germany titled Deutschlands Moose (1800).