| Authorised form of name | Scheuchzer; Johann Jakob (1672 - 1733) |
| Other forms of name | Scheuchzerus, Joannes Jacobus |
| Surname | Scheuchzer |
| Forenames | Johann Jakob |
| Dates | 1672 - 1733 |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Dates and places | Birth:
Zurich, Switzerland (02 August 1672)
Death:
Zurich, Switzerland (23 June 1733) |
| Activity | Research Field:
Medicine, natural history, mathematics, geology, geophysics |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
30/11/1703 |
| Relationships | Father of John Caspar Scheuchzer (FRS 1724) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Authority:
Altname from DSB.
References:
A Rupert Hall, 'Further Newton Correspondence' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 7-34
Sir Gavin de Beer and Max H Hey, 'The First Ascent of Mont Blanc' in NR 1954-55 vol 11 pp 236-255 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/49308476 |
| Royal Society code | NA1410 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| RBO/9/68 | Concerning fire or degree of heat in the Alps by John Jacob Scheuchzer | 1707 |
| CLP/12ii/12 | Paper, 'Anatomia senis decrepiti annorum 109' by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer | 2 February 1723 |
| EL/S2/32 | Account of trees and alpine plants by Joannes Scheuchzerus, dated at Tigurum (Zurich) | 20 December 1707 |
| RBO/9/69 | Concerning fertility in Switzerland by John Jacob Scheuchzer | 1707 |
| EL/S2/33 | Extract of two letters to Hans Sloane | 1732 |
| RBO/9/66 | Account of alpine trees and plants by John Jacob Scheuchzer | 1707 |
| CLP/14i/62 | Paper, 'Hasce suas de nostalgia Helvetica nationis morbo meditationes sacras vult' by Johannes Jacobus Scheuchzerus [Johann Jakob Scheuchzer] | [1707] |
| RBO/11/85 | Concerning cases of longevity in Tiguri by John Jacob Scheuchzer | 1723 |
| RBO/15/96 | Account of the waters at the baths at Baden by John James Schuechzer sent to Hans Sloane | 1731 |
| CLP/5/13 | Paper, table of meteorological observations by J J Scheuchzer for 1708 | c1708 |
| CLP/5/25 | Paper, copy of meteorological observations for 1724 by J J Scheuchzer | 1725 |
| RBO/9/65 | Account of a disease common in Switzerland called 'nostalgia' by John Jacob Scheuchzer | 1707 |
| RBO/17/64 | Details of a case where a woman was bitten by a man by John James Scheuchzer | 1731 |
| LBO/19/186 | Copy extracts from two letters from Johannes Scheuchzer and Johann Steigertahl to Hans Sloane | 1731 |
| CLP/12ii/38 | Copy of a letter, on the history of cataracts from Walthier [Rhaeti?] to J J [Johann Jakob] Scheuchzer | [1720s] |
| CLP/5/26 | Meteorological observations by J J Scheuchzer for 1724 | 1725 |
| CLP/5/11 | Paper, tables of the barometrical altitudes at Zurich in Switzerland in 1708 observed by J J Scheuchzer and at Upminster by William Derham | c1708 |
| CLP/4i/54 | Paper, 'De Ignis seu caloris certa portione Helvetiae adsignata' by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer | [1707] |
| CLP/22i/73 | Letter, Account of [Johann Jakob] Scheuchzer's book '[Ouresiphoites] Helveticus sive Itinera Alpina tria ... [Survey of Switzerland, or three Alpine travels]' from Edward Lhuyd to Richard Richardson | 3 April 1708 |
| CLP/8i/62 | Paper, observations of a lunar eclipse witnessed on 17 April 1707 by John Jacob Scheuchzer and John Gaspar Scheuchzer | 1707 |
| MS/48 | Descriptio Itineris Alpini, Annis 1703, 1704 et 1705, per summas Helvetiae et totius Europae Alpes facti, a J Jacobo Scheuchzero, MD, Mathescos Professore Societatum Leopoldinae et Regiarum Anglicae et Prussiacae Membro | 1703-1704 |
| RBO/9/67 | Account of the water in Switzerland by John Jacob Scheuchzer | 1707 |
| CLP/22i/62 | Paper, 'Specimen Lithographiae Helveticae curiosae... [Specimen of curious lithograph of Switzerland]' by J J [Johann Jakob] Scheuchzer | 1702 |
| CLP/10ii/5 | Paper, 'An account of the cinnamon tree in Ceylon and its several sorts' by Albertus Seba | 1720s |
| CLP/12ii/12/1 | Manuscript, 'Anatomia senis decrepiti annorum 109' by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer | 2 February 1723 |
| CLP/12ii/12/2 | Plate, old man with pistol, sword, and skull by unknown artist | [1723] |