Johann Ludwig Christ
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1872 portrait of Johann Ludwig Christ
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Plate from Naturgeschichte, Klassifikation und Nomenklatur der Insekten vom Bienen.
Johann Ludwig Christ (18 October 1739, in Öhringen – 19 November 1813, in Kronberg im Taunus)[1] was a German naturalist, gardener, and pastor.
He was a specialist in the Hymenoptera. In 1791 he published Naturgeschichte, Klassifikation und Nomenklatur der Insekten vom Bienen, Wespen und Ameisengeschlecht. In 1791, he described Polistes dominula. He also studied fruit trees and wrote Vollständige Pomologie (2 volumes, 1809–1822).
See also[]
References[]
- Helmut Bode: Johann Ludwig Christ. Pfarrer, Naturforscher, Ökonom, Bienenzüchter und Pomologe 1739–1813. Frankfurt am Main 1984, ISBN 3-7829-0291-2
External links[]
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Categories:
- 1739 births
- 1813 deaths
- People from Öhringen
- People from Kronberg im Taunus
- German gardeners
- German naturalists
- German entomologists
- 18th-century agronomists
- 19th-century agronomists