Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel
Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel | |
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| Born | 3 August 1766 |
| Died | 15 March 1833 (aged 66) |
| Education | University of Halle |
| Relatives | Christian Konrad Sprengel (uncle) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botanist, physician |
| Workplaces | University of Halle |
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Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (3 August 1766 – 15 March 1833) was a German botanist and medical doctor who published an influential multivolume history of medicine, Versuch einer pragmatischen Geschichte der Arzneikunde (1792–99 in four volumes with later editions running to five) and several other medical reference works.