Life
Estor was born in Schweinsberg (now part of Stadtallendorf, Hesse) and educated at the universities of Gießen, Halle, and Jena. He became professor of history and law first in Giessen, then in Jena. He moved to the University of Marburg in 1742. As professor in Giessen he learned natural history from his colleague Joahnn Melchior Verdrieß and became national geographer of the county of Hessen-Darmstadt. In this time (around 1730) he came in contact with the famous geographer and physicist Johann Jakob Scheuchzer.
Estor died in Marburg in 1773, and was buried in his native Schweinsberg.
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