> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 142](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333281) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9063-1) LSID 9063-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123900) QID Q123900 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob (1672-1733), Swiss naturalist, physician and historian; studied at Altdorf 1692; Dr. med. Univ. Utrecht 1694; second town physician at Zürich 1704; professor of mathematics at the Zürich Carolinum 1710 (? 1716), first town physician 1733; explorer of the Alps and founder of palaeobotany and palaeontology. **Abbreviated name**: *J.J. Scheuchzer* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.J.Scheuchzer*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection ZT|ZT]]; grasses and other plants in herb. Sloane ([[Collection BM|BM]]), see Dandy 1958; some further material in [[Collection E|E]] (via herb., Giseke) and [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. – Lists of plants are given by S. in his travelogues, e.g. the *Itinera alpina* (Itinera helvetiae alpinas regiones... Leiden 1723. 4 vols). – Letters to Sherard at Roy. Soc, London. #### Note For a detailed bibliography of J.J. Scheuchzer see e.g. Brit. Mus. gen. cat. 214: 575-579. 1964 (70 nos.); for biographical and bibliographical references as well as secondary studies see Poggendorff 1971. We list here only a selection of writings on Scheuchzer which may be of importance for an understanding of his palaeontology or botany. #### Bibliography and biography ADB 34: 710-715; AG 1: 374, 5: 384, 6(2): 935; Backer p. 515-516; Barnhart 3: 227 (b. 2 Aug 1672-23 Jun 1733); BM 4: 1830-1831; Bossert p. 352; Clokie p. 238; DSB 12: 159, 1975; GR p. 645; Herder p. 58, 75, 352, 425; HU 456; IH 1 (ed. 6): 364, (ed. 7): 342; Jackson 1, 19, 176, 341; Kew 4: 621; Lasègue p. 347; LS 23888; Moebius p. 126, 376, 377; NI 1752, see also indexes; Oudemans p. 234; Plesch p. 398; PR 8173-8174, ed. 1: 9117-9120; Quenstedt p. 381; Rehder 5: 766; Saccardo 2: 99; Sotheby 678; TL-2/see A. Buddie, P.A. Micheli; Tucker 1: 629. #### Biofile - Andrews, H.N., The fossil hunters 20, 38-40. 1980. - Anon., Brit. Mus. Gen. Cat. print. books 214: 575-578. 1964. (bibl.); Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl., auteurs 165: 257-263. 1943 (bibl.); Dict. Sci. méd., Biogr. méd. 7: 140-141. 1825; Flora 18: 573. 1835 (Römer/Scheuchzer herbarium acquired by R.J. Shuttleworth); Schweiz. Lexik. 6: 914. 1948. - Attinger, V., Dict. hist. biogr. Suisse 6: 9. 1932. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 434 \[index\]. 1980. - Buess, H., Bio-bibliographisches Nachwort über J.J. Scheuchzer, *in* M.L. Portman, Basl. Veröff. Gesch. Med. Biol. 19, 1964. - Coolidge, W.A.B., *in* Encycl. brit. ed. 11. 24: 322. 1911. - C-v-r, *in* J.Fr. Michaud, Biogr. univ. 28: 290-292. 1969 (reprint of 1854 ff. ed.). - Dandy, J.E., Sloane herb. 200-202. 1958 (collection at BM). - Fischer, H., Atlantis 8(9): 169-376. 1946 (corr. C. Gessner – JJ. Scheuchzer; extract *Physica sacra*), Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 91(3-4): 163-196. Dec 1946 (id. extensive, annotated treatment), see also D. Guthrie, Nature 158: 559. 1946; Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Naturforscher und Arzt. Zürich 1972, 168 p. (main modern study of S. as a natural scientist) published as Neujahrsbl. naturf. Ges. Zürich 175. for 1973 publ. 1972). - Forbes, R.F., Martinus van Marum 1: 46, 396. 1969, 2: 309-310, 330. 1970. - Fueter, E., *in* Grosse Schweizer 235-235. s.d. (Zürich). - Furrer, E., Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 110(3): 363-394. 1965, 118(4): 363-387. 1973 (on the 1963 and 1973 Scheuchzer exhibitions). - Geikie, A., *in* E. Kaempfer, The history of Japan 1: xv-xvi. 1903 (Glasgow ed.). - Mägdefrau, K., Gesch. Bot. 232-235, 253, 296. 1973. - Murray, G., Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 180. 1904 (herb. coll. in Sloane herb.). - Nissen, C., Zool. Buchill. 365-366. 1969 (nos. 3654-3664, many bibl. details). - Peyer, B., Gesnerus 2: (1), 23-34. 1945 (place in contemp. society). - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 792. 1863, 7a (suppl.): 583-585. 1971 (q.v. for many references to biographies and bibliographies as well as of studies on Scheuchzer and a list of portraits). - Richardson, R., Extracts lit. sci. corr. 94, 173, 175, 190, 213. 1835. - Schröter, C., Verh. Schweiz. naturf. Ges. 99: 10-11. 1918 (collected many plants and listed them in his travelogues). - Schwarzbach, M., Auf den Spuren unserer, Naturforscher 271. 1981. - Steiger, R., Schweiz. Stud. Geschichtswiss. 15(1): 1-111. 1927 ("Werdezeit" bis 1699); Beibl. Vierteljahrsschr. naturf. Ges. Zürich 78: 1-75 1933 (list of his scientific estate, mss., letters, list of correspondents, bibl., biogr.; important treatment). - Ward, Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. 5: 370, 425. 1885. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 152. 1903, 3(3): 164. 1905. - Zischka, G.A., Allg. Gelehrt.-Lex. 575. 1961. - Zittel, K.A. von, Gesch. Geol. Paläont. 863 \[index\] 1899 (13 entries); Hist. geol. palaeontol. 556 \[index\] 1901. #### Handwriting Candollea 33: 167-168. 1978; J.E. Dandy, Sloane herbarium 1958, facs. no. 62; Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 190: 387. 1965. ### Publications ##### n.10.577. Herbarium diluvianum **Title** *Herbarium diluvianum* collectum à Johanne Jacobo Scheuchzero,... Tiguri \[Zürich\] (Literis Davidis Gesneri) 1709. Fol. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Herb. diluv.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1709, p. \[i, engr. t.p.\], \[1\]-44, *pl. 1-10* (uncol. copp. Johann Heinrich Huber (1677-1712) comprises one landscape). *Copies*: FH, G, NY. – Steiger no. 37. *Edilio novissima*: 1723 \[i, engr. t.p.\], \[iii regular t.p. with center engr.\], \[v, dedic\], portrait Scheuchzer (uncol. copp. Melchior Füsslinus), \[1\]-119, \[120-124\], *pl. 1-14* (uncol. copp.; no landscape). *Copies*: BR, MO, NY. – "Johannis Jacobi Scheuchzeri, ... Herbarium diluvianum. Editio novissima, duplo auctior". Lugduni Batavorum \[Leiden\] (sumptibus Petri vander Aa,...) 1723. Fol. (in fours). – For a bibliographical analysis see HU 356; see also Steiger 88. ##### n.10.578. Bibliotheca scriptorum historiae naturali **Title** *Bibliotheca scriptorum historiae naturali* omnium terrae regionum inserventium. Historiae naturalis helvetiae prodromus... Tiguri \[Zürich\] (typis Henrici Bodmeri) 1716. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bibl. hist. nat.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1716, p. \[i-xiv\], 1-241. *Copies*: HU, PH. – Steiger 62.