Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber
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, 1739 — Erlangen
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, 1810), often styled I.C.D. von Schreber, was a German
Germany
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naturalist
Natural history
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Career
He was elected Professor of Materia medica at the University of Erlangen in 1769.In 1774 He began writing a multi-volume set of books entitled Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen, which focused on the mammal
Mammal
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s of the world. Many of the animals included were given a scientific name for the first time, following the binomial system of Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
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. From 1791 until his death in 1810, he was the President of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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in 1787. In April 1795 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Numerous honors were bestowed on him including the office of an imperial count palatine
Count Palatine (Imperial)
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Schreber also wrote on entomology
Entomology
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notably Schreberi Novae Species Insectorvm. His herbarium
Herbarium
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collection has been preserved in the Botanische Staatssammlung München
Botanische Staatssammlung München
The Botanische Staatssammlung München is a notable herbarium and scientific center maintained by the Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns, and located within the Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg at Menzinger Straße 67, München, Bavaria, Germany...
since 1813.
Works
- Beschreibung der Gräser (1.1769 - 3.1810)
- Lithographia Halensis (1758)
- Schreberi Novae Species Insectorvm (1759)
- Die Säugetiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen (1.1774 - 64.1804)
- Theses medicae (1761)