A travelling collector in 1565 – Johannes Kentmann and his Carpathian minerals
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Johannes Kentmann (1518–1574), medical doctor in Saxony, friend of Conrad Gesner, described 11 mineral specimens from Hungary and altogether 30 from the Carpathians in the printed catalogue of his mineral collection (1565, Zürich). Some of the specimens were collected during his diplomatic legation to Hungary in 1550–51. This catalogue is the first record of scientific mineral collecting in Hungary.
Source: Central European Geology
Author: Miklós Kázmér
Institution: Eötvös Loránd University
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Funder: CEEPUS
OpenAlex ID: W4413290404