Christoph Wilhelm Jacob Gatterer

Christoph Wilhelm Jacob Gatterer (December 2, 1759 – September 11, 1838) was a German cameralist and natural historian born in Göttingen.

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.