Johann Christian Senckenberg
German doctor
Died when: 65 years 261 days (788 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Johann Christian Senckenberg (28 February 1707 – 15 November 1772) was a German physician, naturalist and collector.In 1763, he established the Senckenberg Foundation to support natural sciences.
This founded the Botanischer Garten der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt am Main.His name is honoured in the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (Senckenberg Natural History Society) which he endowed, Frankfurt University Library, and Naturmuseum Senckenberg.
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