Ferdinand Franz Wallraf
Ferdinand Franz Wallraf was a German botanist, mathematician, theologian, collector and Roman Catholic priest. His collection formed the founding nucleus of the Wallraf–Richartz Museum.Life
He was born in Cologne to a master tailor from the city. From 1760 he attended the Gymnasium Montanum and from 1765 the Artistenfakultät, graduating MA in 1767. With no money for higher studies, he had to work as a teacher. He also received minor orders in 1763 before being ordained a priest on 9 December 1772 by Karl Aloys von Königsegg-Aulendorf, Bishop of Cologne. From 1776 onwards his friend professor Johann Georg Menn funded him to study medicine, gaining his baccalaureat on 1 June 1778 and his masters on 3 August 1780.
In 1794 he was elected as Rector of the University of Cologne.Will
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