Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann
Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (born June 2, 1802 in Braunschweig ; † January 15, 1841 there ) was a German zoologist .
Life
The son of the pharmacist Arend Joachim Friedrich Wiegmann studied medicine and philology at the universities of Leipzig and Berlin . In Berlin he worked for the zoologist Martin Lichtenstein . He received a professorship in Cologne in 1828 , before becoming associate professor in Berlin two years later. Wiegmann specialized in herpetology . He first described 53 species of reptiles.
He was the teacher of the botanist and zoologist Rudolph Amandus Philippi .
He is the father of the malacologist Carl Arend Friedrich Wiegmann (1836–1901).
Honors
In 1833 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .
Writings and works (selection)
- Observationes Zoologicae Criticae In Aristotelis Historiam Animalium. (Dissertation), Berlin 1826.
- together with Johann Friedrich Ruthe : Handbuch der Zoologie. Berlin 1832; continued by Franz Hermann Troschel ( digitized 2nd edition 1843 ).
- Herpetologia Mexicana. Berlin 1834.
- Natural history archive . first year 1835.
Web links
- Literature at the Herzog August Library
- Short biography on sammlungen.hu-berlin.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Intelligence sheet of the Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung. Sp. 91, Volume Three. Halle and Leipzig 1841.
- ↑ Peter Uetz: The original descriptions of reptiles, Zootaxa, No. 2335, 2010, 59–68, pdf
- ^ List of members Leopoldina, Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wiegmann, Arend Friedrich August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1802 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 1841 |
| Place of death | Braunschweig |