Hans Bøchmann Melchior (14 May 1773 – 11 September 1831) was a

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Naturalist. He was the author of ''Den danske Stats og Norges Pattedyr'' (''The mammals of the Danish state and Norway''), published posthumously in 1834.

References

*Collin, Jonas (1897).
Melchior, Hans Bøchmann
in C. F. Bricka (ed.) '' Dansk Biografisk Lexikon, tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537–1814 XI. bind''. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, pp. 244–45. 1773 births 1831 deaths Danish naturalists Danish zoologists {{Denmark-scientist-stub