The Deutsche Biographie entry on Johann Thal, from the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, is Germany's standard national academic biographical reference. Its strength is that it corroborates Thal's dates, circa 1542 to 1583, and his work Sylva Hercynia, completed in 1577 and published posthumously in 1588, described there as the first work of its kind in Germany. Its limit is the ordinary one for a biographical reference entry: it is a concise scholarly summary rather than an extended study, though its academic authority is well established.
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Tier one: Germany's standard national academic biographical reference, maintained by the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, corroborating Johann Thal's dates and his Sylva Hercynia, the first work of its kind in Germany. Its limit is the ordinary one for a biographical reference entry: a concise scholarly summary rather than an extended study, though its academic authority is well established. NotesThe standard German national biographical reference's entry on the physician and botanist Johann (Johannes) Thal, circa 1542 to 1583, corroborating his dates and his Sylva Hercynia, completed 1577 and published posthumously in 1588 by Joachim Camerarius the Younger, described there as the first work of its kind in Germany.
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AuthorHistorische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
PublisherDeutsche Biographie (Neue Deutsche Biographie / Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie)
URLhttps://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz82375.html
Source Typeacademic reference
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This source names Germany directly: "the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, is Germany's standard national academic biographical reference."
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