Johann Daniel Preyßler

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Johann Daniel Preyßler , also Preysler, Preyssler, the first name also led as Jan, (* 1768 in Prague ; † April 23, 1839 ibid) was a Czech entomologist , botanist and mining specialist. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Preyssl. "

Life

Preyßler was a kuk civil servant, adjunct from 1789 and administrator from 1801. In 1805 he became a council. From 1807 he was on the council of the John the Baptist Orphanage in Prague.

From 1808 to 1832 there is no news from his life, so he may have lived outside of Prague. After that he is mentioned as a mining engineer in Zbiroh . In 1838 he retired.

In 1790 he published a list of insects in Bohemia and in 1793 of 364 species in the Bohemian Forest. He was particularly concerned with beetles, but also with butterflies and spiders. His insect collection is lost, some type specimens are in the National Museum in Prague. For example, he first described Claviger testaceus , a myrmecophilic beetle.

He contributed illustrations of the flora of the prehistoric world (2 volumes, 1820, 1832) by Kaspar Maria von Sternberg (1761–1837) and also advised him on the maintenance of the geological collection of his late brother Johann in Brezina . He also published on orchids found in Bohemia.

Fonts

  • Directory of Bohemian Insects. First hundred, with two copper plates. Prague: Schönfeld-Meißnerische Buchhandlung 1790
  • Descriptions and illustrations of those insects that cannot be kept in collections, then of all that are still brand new, and those of which we have no or very poor images. In: J. Mayer (Hrsg.): Collection of physical essays, especially concerning the Bohemian natural history, from a society of Bohemian natural scientists. Dresden 1791, Volume 1 and Volume 2, 1792, No. 7 (First Collection, pp. 55–151), No. 8 (2nd Collection, pp. 1–46), No. 9 (Third Collection)
  • Plants of the Orchis family growing wild in Bohemia. Dr. Mayer's Collection of Physical Essays, Volume 1, 1791
  • with JD Lindacker, JK Hofer: Observations about objects of nature on a journey through the Bohemian Forest in the summer of 1791. In: J. Mayer (Hrsg.): Collection of physical essays, especially concerning the Bohemian natural history, from a society of Bohemian natural scientists. Volume 3, Dresden 1793, pp. 135-378.

References and comments

  1. ↑ CJ Cleal, M. Lazarus, M. Townsend, Illustrations and Illustrators during the Golden Age of Paleobotany 1800-1840, AJ Bowden, CV Burek, R. Wilding, History of Paleobotany, Selected Essays, Geological Society Special Publication 241, 2005, 45
  2. ^ Digitized version , Berlin State Library
  3. ^ Digitized version , Bavarian State Library
personal data
SURNAME Preyßler, Johann Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Preyssler; Preysler; Preyssler, Jan Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech entomologist and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH 1768
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1839
Place of death Prague