Johann Julius Walbaum
Johann Julius Walbaum (born June 30, 1724 in Wolfenbüttel ; † August 21, 1799 in Lübeck ) was a German doctor , naturalist , zoologist and taxonomist . Its biological author's abbreviation is " Walbaum ".
He described many hitherto unknown species from remote areas such as the Great Barracuda ( Sphyraena barracuda ), a number of Pacific salmon species such as chum salmon ( Oncorhynchus keta ), pink salmon ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha ), sockeye salmon ( Oncorhynchus nerka ), chinook salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) and rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ), the convict sea bream ( Archosargus probatocephalus ) of the west Atlantic coast and the Curimata pacu ( Prochilodus marggravii ) from the Rio São Francisco .
In Lübeck he was one of the founders of the still existing society for the promotion of charitable activities .
His daughter Magdalene Juliane (* December 14, 1775; † August 23, 1805) married the Lübeck doctor Nikolaus Heinrich Brehmer , who also wrote him a memorial.
The Natural History Museum in Lübeck ( Museum am Dom ), which opened in 1893, is based on Walbaum's extensive scientific collections (which, however, were lost in World War II).
Publications
- Disputatio ... de venæ sectione , 1749
- Index pharmacopolii completi cum calendario pharmaceutico , Gleditsch, Leipzig 1767–1769
- Description of four brightly colored pigeon divers and the eider goose , Lübeck 1778
- Chelonographia or description of some turtles based on natural archetypes , Gleditsch, Leipzig and Lübeck 1782
- Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 59. Lipsiae (= Leipzig) 1792.
literature
- Jorunn Wissmann: Walbaum, Johann Julius . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, p. 727
- Nikolaus Heinrich Brehmer : Dedicated to the memory of an esteemed doctor D. Johann Julius Walbaum . Lübeck 1799
- Reprinted in Friedrich Schlichtegroll (ed.) Nekrolog for the year 1799. Volume 10/2 Weimar: Perthes 1805, pp. 26–69
- HP Müller: The ichthyologist and turtle researcher Johann Julius Walbaum . In: Die Heimat 50: 195–197, Neumünster 1973
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Julius Walbaum in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Johann Julius Walbaum in the German Digital Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walbaum, Johann Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor, naturalist, zoologist and taxonomist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1724 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolfenbüttel |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1799 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |