Theodor Elias August Benjamin Engelbrecht (18 January 1813 – 4 August 1892) was a German physician and pomologist.

Biography

He was born in Halchter near

Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( ; from Low German , local dialect: ) is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the ...

. He studied medicine at the

University of Göttingen The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen (, commonly referred to as Georgia Augusta), is a Public university, public research university in the city of Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1734 ...

, and in 1844 was named a professor at the Surgical-Anatomical Institute in Braunschweig. In 1861 he received the post of medical officer of the Ducal Medical College. In 1862 he induced the government to establish the Pomological Institute, and he was the first president of the German Pomological Society (1880–89). His principal work is ''Deutschland's Aepfelsorten'' ("Germany's apple varieties", 1889).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Engelbrecht, Theodor 1813 births 1892 deaths Pomologists Physicians from the Duchy of Brunswick People from Wolfenbüttel University of Göttingen alumni Academic staff of TU Braunschweig