Blasius Merrem

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Blasius Merrem
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Blasius Merrem (born February 4, 1761 in Bremen , † February 23, 1824 in Marburg ) was a German biologist .

The merchant's son Merrem initially devoted himself particularly to studying languages ​​(Arabic, Latin, Greek). After joining the University of Göttingen in 1778, he became a student of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach and began to be interested in zoology in general and ornithology and herpetology in particular. Most recently he taught as a professor at the Universities of Duisburg and finally Marburg . He was an assessor since 1782 and a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences since 1785 . In 1820 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

Works

  • De animalibus scythicis apud Plinium. Goettingae: Grape, 1781. doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.44246
  • Mixed treatises from the history of animals . Göttingen: Boßiegel, 1781. doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.49063
  • Attempt of a ground plan for the general history and natural division of the birds . Leipzig: Müller, 1788.
  • Contribution to natural history. Contribution to the history (sic!) Of the amphibians. First issue. Duisburg and Lemgo: Meyer 1790. doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.4685 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.61811
  • Contribution to natural history. Additions to the history of the amphibians . Second booklet. Description of the amphibious collection of Doctor and Medicinalrath Janssen in Düsseldorf . First piece. Leipzig: Verlaghandlung der Schehrten, Leipzig, 1790; 2nd edition Essen: Baedeker 1829.
  • Handbook of botany based on the Linneischen system . Marburg: Neue Academische Buchhandlung, 1809.
  • Attempt of a system of amphibians (tentamen systematis amphibiorum) . Marburg: Krieger, 1820. doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.5037
  • Contributions to natural history. Contributions to the history of the amphibians . Third booklet. I. Improvements and additions to the first two issues , pp. 1–62. II. Notes on the Amphibians of the Promontory of Good Hope and Descriptions of Some of them , pp. 63–141. Baedeker: Essen, 1821.

literature

  • Josef F. Schmidtler: Blasius Merrems (1790) “Additions to the history of amphibians” - a new era in the methodology of the snake representation. In: Secretary. Contributions to the literature and history of herpetology and terrarium science , ISSN  1612-2399 , 6 (2006) 2, pp. 45–60 ( PDF ).
  • Hans Wilhelm Bohle: From natural history to zoology. Blasius Merrem and the Development of Zoology at the University of Marburg in the 19th Century (1807-1928) , Volume 12 of the Academia Marburgensis series. 302 pp. ISBN 978-3-8309-3215-4

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 166.
  2. ^ New publications on two important personalities at Philipps University in the 19th and 20th centuries , accessed May 27, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Merrem, Blaise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1824
Place of death Marburg