astronomy

Georg Franz Hoffmann

Georg Franz Hoffmann is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Georg Franz Hoffmann rather than just read about it. In short: Georg Franz Hoffmann was a German botanist and lichenologist. He was born on 13 January 1760 in Marktbreit, Germany, and died on 17 March 1826 in Moscow, Russia.

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Reference excerpt

Georg Franz Hoffmann was a German botanist and lichenologist. He was born on 13 January 1760 in Marktbreit, Germany, and died on 17 March 1826 in Moscow, Russia.

Professional career After graduating from the University of Erlangen in 1786, he worked there between 1787 and 1792 as a professor of botany. Between 1792 and 1803 he was Head of the Botany Department and Director of the Botanical Garden of Göttingen University. Already a famous botanist, in particular for his work on lichens, he settled in Moscow in January 1804 and directed the Department of Botany at University of Moscow, as well as the Botanical garden.

Works Descriptio et adumbratio plantarum e classe cryptogámica Linnaei qua lichenes dicuntur... (1789-1801) Vegetabilia cryptogama. (1790, Erlangen) Nomenclator Fungorum. (1789-1790, two volumes, Berlin) Historia salicum, iconibus illustrata. (1785-1787, Leipzig) Deutschlands Flora, oder, Botanisches Taschenbuch (1791, 1795, 1800, and 1804, Erlangen) Enumeratio plantarum et seminum hort botanici mosquensis. (1808, Moscow) Genera Plantarum Umbelliferarum (1814, 1816, Moscow) Herbarium vivum, sive collectio plantarum siccarun, Caesareae Universitatis Mosquensis. Pars secunda, continents . . . (1825) In 1787, Olof Peter Swartz (1760–1818) dedicated the genus Hoffmannia of the Rubiaceae to him.

See also Category:Taxa named by Georg Franz Hoffmann

References

External links Moscow State University Botanical Server: Georg Franz Hoffmann

Illustrations

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Georg Franz Hoffmann

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Georg Franz Hoffmann ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Georg Franz Hoffmann

In research: Georg Franz Hoffmann appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Georg Franz Hoffmann in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Georg Franz Hoffmann is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1760 births, 1826 deaths, 18th-century German botanists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Georg Franz Hoffmann outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Georg Franz Hoffmann in simple terms?

Georg Franz Hoffmann was a German botanist and lichenologist. He was born on 13 January 1760 in Marktbreit, Germany, and died on 17 March 1826 in Moscow, Russia.

Why does Georg Franz Hoffmann matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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