Education
He studied medicine early in life.
Botanist mycologist university professor
He studied medicine early in life.
He named the Australian plant genus Hakea in 1797. In 1795 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Göttingen, where in 1803 he became an associate professor to the medical faculty and director of the botanical garden. Among his better known publications are Nova genera plantarum (1797) and Flora germanica (1806).
The plant genus Schraderanthus is named in his honour.
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]
Schrader was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1815.