Heinrich Gottlob Lang (1739,

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- 1809,

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entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

who specialised in

Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...

. He was an artist illustrating books on natural history, naturalist and natural history collector, notably of

mineral In geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid chemical compound with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form.John P. Rafferty, ed. ( ...

s. He wrote ''Verzeichniss seiner Schmetterlinge, in den Gegenden um Augsburg gesammelt und nach dem Wiener systematischen Verzeichniss eingetheilt : mit den Linneischen, auch deutschen und französischen Namen, und Anführung derjenigen Werke, worinn sie mit Farben abgebildet sind'' Zweyte, verbesserte und stark vermehrte Auflage. - pp. I-XXVIII 1-28 1–226, Augsburg. (Klett
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published by Maria Jakobina Klett (1709-1795) in which he describes '' Melitaea diamina''. Maria Jakobina Klett was owner of Eberhard Klett Verlag, one of the most important Augsburg “Protestant publishers.” She published many technical books He was also a heraldic, and seal-engraver

References

Gaedike, R.; Groll, E. K. & Taeger, A. 2012: Bibliography of the entomological literature from the beginning until 1863 : online database – version 1.0 – Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut.
*Groll, E. K. 2017: Biographies of the Entomologists of the World. – Online database, version 8, Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg – URL: sdei.senckenberg.de/biografies *Seidler, F. 2006: Heinrich Gottlob Lang (1739-1809) - Ein Augsburger Künstler, Naturforscher und Naturaliensammler. Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Schwaben e. V., Augsburg 110, S. 22-31

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lang, Heinrich Gottlob German lepidopterists 1809 deaths 1739 births