Julius Bernhard von Rohr

Julius Bernhard von Rohr (March 28, 1688 – April 18, 1742) was a German cameralist and writer who promoted natural or physico-theology through an appreciation of plants.

He was privately tutored on the estate and then went to the University of Leipzig where he studied law according to his father's wishes but also attended classes in the natural sciences and economics.

In 1710 he wrote a dissertation De retractu gentilitio filiorum in feudis and then travelled to Hamburg where he worked with his father on commercial quests.

[1] Von Rohr's work on phyto-theology of 1740 followed a tradition set by Boyle, Scheuchzer, Wolff, Derham, and others.

[1] Von Rohr lived with a woman around 1724-39 but ran into troubles which he wrote about in a legal treatise.