Johann Amman

Swiss-Russian botanist (1707-1741)

Person human Q115787

Facts

23 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[18]
Date of birth: December 22, 1707
Date of death: December 4, 1741
Place of birth: Schaffhausen
Place of death: Saint Petersburg
Country of citizenship: Switzerland^[8]
Occupation: botanist, scientific collector, physician
Employer: Russian Academy of Sciences^[10]
Field of work: botany^[9]
Educated at: Leiden University^[11]
Religion or worldview: reformed^[17]
Award received: Fellow of the Royal Society^[13]
Doctoral advisor: Herman Boerhaave^[12]
Collection items at: Natural History Museum^[30]
Described by source: Russian Biographical Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopedic Lexicon, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]
Different from: Johannes Ammann^[29]
Family name: Amman^[19]
Given name: Johann^[20]
Member of: Royal Society, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences^[14]^[15]^[16]
Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national: Schaffhausen^[21]
Name in native language: Johann Amman^[28]
P14977: RETE002665^[31]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 39

ISNI: 000000006679959X
VIAF cluster ID: 5861609
Library of Congress authority ID: nr00019973
GND ID: 124274692
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Johann Amman05.jpg ↗
Alvin ID: alvin-person:56985, alvin-person:17492
BHL creator ID: 956, 94925
Bionomia ID: Johann Amman
Botanist author abbreviation: Amman
CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp00475548
CiNii Research ID: 1140282266681424000
DDB person (GND) ID: 124274692

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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 124274692
ELNET ID: a11439865
Erik Amburger database ID: 3627
FactGrid item ID: Bill Woodfull
Freebase ID: /m/03wdswj
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000020530339125
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 1818480
HDS ID: 042905
Harvard Index of Botanists ID: 1736
IPNI author ID: 181-1
IdRef ID: 181632896
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 124274692
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID: 124061
Museo Galileo authority ID: 187427
Museum-digital ID: 36247
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA16975407
NL CR AUT ID: mzk2009528152
NLB authority ID (Belarus): NLB-ar5282011
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX1609825
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 074239597
Open Library ID: OL7181727A
RERO ID (legacy): A028246139
Russian Academy of Sciences person ID: 49365
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 764206
Watercolour World artist ID: johann-amman
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJktkjjHj4QXyxHRfdHpyd
Yale LUX ID: person/e60b39d8-5cdb-4c50-80ab-d86207d2652b

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🔗 Connections

Described by source 3

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Russian Biographical Dictionary

Member of 3

Royal Society, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences

Award received 1

Fellow of the Royal Society

Bionomia ID 1

Johann Amman

Collection items at 1

Natural History Museum

Country of citizenship 1

Switzerland

Doctoral advisor 1

Herman Boerhaave

Doctoral advisors 1

Herman Boerhaave

Educated at 1

Leiden University

Employer 1

Russian Academy of Sciences

FactGrid item ID 1

Bill Woodfull

Field of work 1

botany

Given name 1

Johann

Instance of 1

human

Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national 1

Schaffhausen

Occupation 1

botanist

Place of birth 1

Schaffhausen

Place of death 1

Saint Petersburg

Sex or gender 1

male

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Johann Amman

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Summary

Johann Amman was born on December 22, 1707^[1], in Schaffhausen^[2]. He died on December 4, 1741^[3], in Saint Petersburg^[4]. He worked as a botanist^[5], scientific collector^[6], and physician^[7].

FAQs

Where was Johann Amman born?

Johann Amman was born in Schaffhausen^[2].

Where did Johann Amman die?

Johann Amman died in Saint Petersburg^[4].

What did Johann Amman do for work?

Johann Amman worked as a botanist^[5], scientific collector^[6], and physician^[7].

Where did Johann Amman go to school?

Johann Amman was educated at Leiden University^[11].

What awards did Johann Amman receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society^[13].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Johann Amman — place of birth (P19): Schaffhausen. Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved 2026-10-24. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Johann Amman — place of death (P20): Saint Petersburg. Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved 2026-10-24. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Johann Amman — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Johann Amman — country of citizenship (P27): Switzerland. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Johann Amman — educated at (P69): Leiden University. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Johann Amman — field of work (P101): botany. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Johann Amman — occupation (P106): botanist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Johann Amman — occupation (P106): scientific collector. Bionomia. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Johann Amman — occupation (P106): physician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Johann Amman — employer (P108): Russian Academy of Sciences. Peter Simon Pallas and Zoological Institute Academy of Sciences. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Johann Amman — religion or worldview (P140): reformed. Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved 2026-02-24. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Johann Amman — award received (P166): Fellow of the Royal Society. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Johann Amman — doctoral advisor (P184): Herman Boerhaave. Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved 2018-09-01. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Johann Amman — member of (P463): Royal Society. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Johann Amman — member of (P463): Russian Academy of Sciences. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Johann Amman — member of (P463): Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Johann Amman — date of birth (P569): December 22, 1707. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Johann Amman — date of death (P570): December 4, 1741. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Johann Amman — family name (P734): Amman. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Johann Amman — given name (P735): Johann. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-13. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Johann Amman — municipal affiliation of a Swiss national (P1321): Schaffhausen. Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved 2026-02-24. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Johann Amman — described by source (P1343): Russian Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Johann Amman — described by source (P1343): Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Johann Amman — described by source (P1343): Encyclopedic Lexicon. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Johann Amman — described by source (P1343): Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Johann Amman — described by source (P1343): New Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Johann Amman — described by source (P1343): Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Johann Amman — name in native language (P1559): Johann Amman. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Johann Amman — different from (P1889): Johannes Ammann. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Johann Amman — collection items at (P11146): Natural History Museum. Bionomia. bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Johann Amman — P14977 (P14977): RETE002665. Repertorium Eruditorum Totius Europae. Retrieved 2026-10-30. rete.uclouvain.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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Johann Amman

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