The Life and Activities of Professor Gottfried Albrecht Germann, the First Natural History Professor at the University of Tartu
Journal: Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum
Year: 2019

The article analyses the life and work of Gottfried Albrecht Germann (1773 He was born in Riga in 1773. After graduating from the local Cathedral School, he went on to the University of Jena. Next, he studied at the universities of Wrzburg, Berlin and Kiel. At the latter institution, he also defended his doctoral dissertation. After return from Germany, Germann worked as a medical doctor with Count Jacob Johann Sievers, whose home manor was at Baui, Livonia. While in Sievers' employ, he resided