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'''Christoph Wilhelm Jacob Gatterer''' (December 2, 1759 – September 11, 1838) was a German [[cameralist]] and [[natural historian]] born in [[Göttingen]]. He was the son of [[historian]] [[Johann Christoph Gatterer]] (1727–1799).
He studied [[natural sciences]] and [[mineralogy]] in [[Göttingen]], earning his degree in 1778. In 1787 he became a professor of [[agriculture]], [[forestry]] and technology at the [[University of Heidelberg]]. He later became a professor of [[diplomatics]], and in 1803 was appointed director of the ''Schloßgarten'' in [[Heidelberg]].
Gatterer was the author of ''Anleitung den Harz und andere Bergwerke mit Nutzen zu bereisen'' (1785–1794), a five-volume work on the [[Harz Mountains]] that placed emphasis on the region's [[natural history]].
== References ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110727090517/http://www.minrec.org/libdetail.asp?id=432 The Mineralogical Record] (biography)
* [http://www.s197410804.online.de/Personen/GattererSohn.htm Heidelberg Historical Society] (bibliography, in German)
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[[Category:18th-century German naturalists]]
[[Category:Scientists from Göttingen]]
[[Category:Academic staff of Heidelberg University]]
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[[Category:Members of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities]]
[[Category:Cameralists]]
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