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Lorenz Chrysanth Edler von Vest (18 November 1776, in Klagenfurt – 15 December 1840, in
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) was an Austrian physician and
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. He studied medicine in Vienna and at the
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, where he received his doctorate in 1798. After a stint in the military, he settled into a medical practice in his hometown of Klagenfurt (1800). From 1804 to 1812 he taught classes in theoretical and practical medicine at the lyceum in Klagenfurt, and afterwards worked as a professor of botany and chemistry at the Johanneum in Graz. In 1829 he was appointed chief regional physician and health advisor to the
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n government. In 1809 the plant genus '' Vestia'' (family
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) was named on his honor by
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.


Selected works

* ''Manuale botanicum inserviens excursionibus botanicus, sistens stirpes totius Germaniaephanerogamas'', 1805. * ''Anleitung zum gründlichen Studium der Botanik'', 1818 – Instructions for the thorough study of botany. * ''Versuch einer systematischen Zusammenstellung der in Steyermark cultivirten Weinreben'', 1826 – Essay on a systematic compilation of vines cultivated in Styria.OCLC WorldCat
(published works)


References

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