Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler
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Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler (1 August 1771 or 1772 – December 8, 1813) was a German
naturalist
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Leisler named a number of birds, including the Temminck's Stint
which he named after his friend Coenraad Jacob Temminck
. He is commemorated in Leisler's Bat Nyctalus leisleri, first described by Heinrich Kuhl
.
His daughter, Luise von Ploennies
, was known for her poetry and dramas.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
naturalist
Natural history
Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
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Leisler named a number of birds, including the Temminck's Stint
Temminck's Stint
Temminck's Stint, Calidris or Erolia temminckii, is a small wader.This stint's breeding habitat is bogs and marshes in the taiga of Arctic northern Europe and Asia. It will breed in southern Scandinavia and occasionally Scotland. It has a distinctive hovering display flight. It nests in a scrape...
which he named after his friend Coenraad Jacob Temminck
Coenraad Jacob Temminck
Coenraad Jacob Temminck was a Dutch aristocrat and zoologist.Temminck was the first director of the National Natural History Museum at Leiden from 1820 until his death. His Manuel d'ornithologie, ou Tableau systematique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe was the standard work on European birds...
. He is commemorated in Leisler's Bat Nyctalus leisleri, first described by Heinrich Kuhl
Heinrich Kuhl
Heinrich Kuhl was a German naturalist and zoologist.Kuhl was born in Hanau. He became assistant to Coenraad Jacob Temminck at the Leiden museum. In 1817 he published a monograph on bats and in 1819 he published Conspectus psittacorum...
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His daughter, Luise von Ploennies
Luise von Ploennies
Luise von Ploennies was a German poet born at Hanau, the daughter of the naturalist Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler. In 1824 she married the physician August von Ploennies in Darmstadt. After his death in 1847 she resided for some years in Belgium, then at Jugenheim on the Bergstrasse, and finally...
, was known for her poetry and dramas.