Johann George Luehmann

Luehmann was born in Ostmoorende, Prussia in 1843.

One of a number of influential German-speaking residents — such as Ludwig Becker, Hermann Beckler, William Blandowski, Amalie Dietrich, Wilhelm Haacke, Diedrich Henne, Gerard Krefft, Johann Menge, Carl Mücke (a.k.a. Muecke), Ludwig Preiss, Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker (a.k.a. Ruemker), Moritz Richard Schomburgk, Richard Wolfgang Semon, Karl Theodor Staiger, George Ulrich, Eugene von Guérard, Robert von Lendenfeld, Ferdinand von Mueller, Georg von Neumayer, and Carl Wilhelmi — who brought their "epistemic traditions" to Australia, and not only became "deeply entangled with the Australian colonial project", but also were "intricately involved in imagining, knowing and shaping colonial Australia" (Barrett, et al., 2018, p.2),[1] Luehmann emigrated to Australia in 1863 arriving in Melbourne.[2]

In 1868 he became assistant botanist to Ferdinand von Mueller at the National Herbarium in Melbourne and remained in the position until 1896.[3]

In 1878 Eucalyptus luehmanniana F.Muell. was named in his honour.[3]

Leuhmann was appointed as the Curator of the National Herbarium, Melbourne following the death of Ferdinand von Mueller in 1896. Luehmann also later succeeded Mueller as the Victorian Government Botanist.[2]

He died in 1904 in Melbourne.[3]

Other species named in his honour include;

• Acacia luehmannii
• Bassia luehmannii
• Casuarina luehmannii
• Leptospermum luehmannii
• Pultenaea luehmannii
• Stipa luehmannii

• Barrett, L., Eckstein, L., Hurley, A.W. & Schwarz A. (2018), "Remembering German-Australian Colonial Entanglement: An Introduction", Postcolonial Studies, Vol.21, No.1, (January 2018), pp.1-5. doi:10.1080/13688790.2018.1443671