Johann Kaspar Füssli
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Zürich
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- 4 May 1786 in Winterthur
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) was a Swiss
Switzerland
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painter
Painting
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, entomologist and publisher.
- He is the son of Johann Caspar FüssliJohann Caspar FüssliJohann Caspar Füssli was a Swiss portrait painter.He was born in Zurich to Hans Rudolf Füssli, who was also a painter, and Elisabeth Schärer....
(3 January 1706 - 6 May 1782) and Anna Elisabeth Waser. - He is the brother of Henry FuseliHenry FuseliHenry Fuseli was a British painter, draughtsman, and writer on art, of Swiss origin.-Biography:...
(Johann Heinrich Füssli), (3 December 1745 in Zurich, 17 April 1825 à Zurich). - He married:
- Verena Störi in 1770
- Anna Elisabeth Kilchsperger in 1774.
The only spider species he described (as Fuesslin, 1775) is the daddy long-legs spider, Pholcus phalangioides
Pholcus phalangioides
The cellar spider or daddy longlegs , also known as the skull spider due to its cephalothorax looking like a human skull, is a spider of the family Pholcidae. Females have a body length of about 9 mm; males are slightly smaller. Its legs are about 5 or 6 times the length of its body...
, also known as cellar spider.
He is sometimes also written as Fuessly.
Publications
- Verzeichnis der ihm bekannten Schweitzerischen Inseckten (1775)
- Magazin für die Liebhaber der Entomologie two tomes (1778-1779)
- Neue Magazin für Liebhaber der Entomologie (1781-1786).
External links
- BHL Scan of Verzeichniss der ihm bekannten Schweizerischen Inseckten : mit einer augemahlten Kupfertafel: nebst der Ankhundigung eines neuen Insecten Werks Joh. Caspar Fuesslins 1775.