Dr johann adam beringer biography

German physician (–)

Johann Bartholomeus Adam Beringer (—11 April ) was a German physician and professor of medicine at the University of Würzburg who became the victim of a hoax and ended up describing fake fossils, Beringer's Lying Stones, and considered their origins in a book entitled Lithographiae imaginibus Wirceburgensis ducentis published in He discovered the hoax shortly after and tried to recall all copies of the book and took the hoaxers to court but was not able to regain his reputation.

A paleontology journal Beringeria is named after him.

Biography

Beringer was the son of J.L. Beringer, a doctor at the Würzburg Julius Hospital.

In , Johann Bartholomew Adam Beringer earned his doctorate in medicine from the University of Würzburg.

The victim was a certain Dr. Johann Bartholomew Adam Beringer (), a professor at the University of Wurzburg.

Johann Bartholomeus Adam Beringer (—11 April ) was a German physician and professor of medicine at the University of Würzburg who became the victim.

Johann Bartholomeus Adam Beringer was a German physician and professor of medicine at the University of Würzburg who became the victim of a hoax and ended up describing fake fossils, Beringer's Lying.

In the early 18th century, Johann Bartholomew Adam Beringer--chair of natural history at the University of Würzburg and chief physician to the Prince Bishop.

After studying medicine in , he became a professor of medicine at the University of Würzburg, where he was also involved in medicine and dissection. He was the chief physician at the Julius Hospital from

Beringer took an interest in oryctics or materials found under the ground.

When he got three young boys to h