Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber

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Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber
Born17 January 1739
Weißensee, Thuringia, Germany
Died10 December 1810(1810-12-10) (aged 71)
Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany
Occupation(s)Naturalist, professor

Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (17 January 1739 in Weißensee, Thuringia – 10 December 1810 in Erlangen), often styled J.C.D. von Schreber, was a German naturalist.

Career

Schreber was appointed professor of

University of Erlangen
in 1769.

In 1774, he began writing a multivolume set of books entitled Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen, which focused on the

imperial count palatine.[2]

Schreber also wrote on entomology, notably Schreberi Novae Species Insectorvm. His herbarium collection has been preserved in the Botanische Staatssammlung München since 1813.

Works

See also: Category:Taxa named by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber
  • 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)[3]
  • Theses medicae (1761)
The standard author abbreviation Schreb. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

Gallery

Plates from Die Säugetiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen 1774-1804.

  • Mustela sibirica
    Mustela sibirica
  • Eulemur mongoz
    Eulemur mongoz
  • Viverra zibetha
    Viverra zibetha
  • Herpestes ichneumon
    Herpestes ichneumon
  • Galictis vittata
    Galictis vittata
  • Martes zibellina
    Martes zibellina
  • Didelphis marsupialis
    Didelphis marsupialis
  • Thylogale brunii
    Thylogale brunii
  • Setifer setosus
    Setifer setosus
  • Hemiechinus auritus
    Hemiechinus auritus
  • Vormela peregusna
    Vormela peregusna
  • Caluromys philander
    Caluromys philander

References

  1. ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". The Royal Society. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Schreber, Joh. Christian Daniel (v.)" by Ernst Wunschmann in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, herausgegeben von der Historischen Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, vo. 32 (1891), pp. 465–466, Digital edition in Wikisource, Version from March 8, 2011
  3. ^ "Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber". biodiversitylibrary.org.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Schreb.

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