Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini (31 August 1729,
Ohrdruf – 27 June 1778,
Berlin) was a German
physician,
translator and
conchologist
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Martini who practised medicine in
Hamburg began, in 1769, the richly colour illustrated shell book: ''Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet'' published by
Gabriel Nikolaus Raspe at Nürnberg. But he died after the publication of the third volume. His work was continued by
Johann Hieronymus Chemnitz (1730–1800) who added eight volumes between 1779 and 1795. Even though the work does not use the
binomial system
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both are considered the authors of the new species figured.
[ Stanley Peter Dance (1966). ''Shell Collecting. An Illustrated History''. Faber and Faber (Londres), 344 pp.] He was a Member of
Berlinische Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde.
References
External links
BHLDigital ''Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet''
BHLTypescript index to ''Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet''
Zoologica Göttingen State and University Library Digital ''Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet''
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Conchologists
18th-century German physicians
1729 births
1778 deaths