HISTORY OF THE SCIENCE. 449 
John Gottlieb Gleditsch, was born June 5, 1714, 
at Leipzig. He studied there, and travelled through 
several parts of Saxony. From Berlin, where he 
resided for some time to attend the anatomical lec- 
tures, he went to the estate of Baron von Zie- 
_ then of Trebnitz, where he founded a botanical gar- 
den. When Frederick the Great re-established the 
Academy of Sciences, he was called to Berlin. 
There he was honoured with the title of Aulic 
Counsellor, and died after a very active life, Oct. 5, 
1786. His restless activity, soft, mild temper, and 
constant good humour, made him, even when a very 
old man, the favourite of that city. Of his writings 
I shall only mention those which have made him 
particularly known*. 
Johann. Burmann, Professor of Botany at Am- 
sterdam, in possession of the scarcest collections of 
African and Asiatic plants, made many of his trea- 
sures known to ust. He never followed, however, 
the Linnean method. ) 
Johann. Friederich Gronovius, doctor and chief 
magistrate at Leyden, and a great friend of Linné, 
published the plants collected by Rauwolf and Clay- 
ton, 
* Joh. Gottl. Gleditschii Methodus fungorum. Berol. 
1753. 8vo. 
Ejusd. Systema plantarum a staminum situ. Berol. 1704; 
$va. | 
f+ Joh. Burmanni Thesaurus Zeylanicus. Amstel. 1737. 
4to. with 110 plates, which represent 155 plants. 
Ejusd. 
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