Johann Michael Zeyher Explained

Johann Michael Zeyher (26 November 1770, in Obernzenn  - 23 April 1843, in Schwetzingen) was a German gardener and horticulturist.

He studied at the Karlsschule in Stuttgart, and later worked as a volunteer under Hofgärtner (court gardener) Friedrich Schweickart in Karlsruhe. In 1792 he moved to Basel, where he subsequently became a court gardener. He later worked at the Grand Ducal gardens in Schwetzingen, where from 1806 to 1843 he held the position of director.^{[1] [2]}

He was an uncle of naturalist Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (1799–1858).^[3]

Published works

• Beschreibung der Gartenanlagen zu Schwetzingen (with Georg Christian Roemer, 1809)  - Description of the gardens at Schwetzingen.
• Verzeichniss der Gewaechse in dem Grossherzoglichen Garten zu Schwetzingen (1819)  - Directory of the plants in the Grand Ducal garden at Schwetzingen.
• Schwezingen und seine Garten-Anlagen (with JG Rieger, 1826)  - Schwezingen and its garden plants.^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://lagis.online.uni-marburg.de/de/subjects/xsrec/id/2178/current/9945/page/498?q=YTowOnt9 Zeyher, Johann Michael
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066875#page/595/mode/1up BHL
3. http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/botanik/phanerogamen1/sammler.pdf Index Collectorum - Herbarii Senckenbergiani
4. http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n84-128112/ Zeyher, Johann Michael 1770-1843