Johann Hieronymus Chemnitz (10 October 1730,

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– 12 October 1800,

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) was a German clergyman and a conchologist. From 1759 to 1768 he was Chaplain of the Danish Embassy in

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, then garrison Chaplain in

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and Copenhagen. Johann Chemnitz continued the work of Friedrich Wilhelm Martini (1729–1778), ''Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet''. He added to the three volumes previously published eight new volumes in 1779 and 1795. Although neither of the two authors use the binomial system, they are regarded as the authors of many

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which were first described in this work. Chemnitz used many specimens from cabinet of curiosities of the king of Denmark whose conservator was

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(1720–1807). Chemnitz began with a collection of half shells before collecting whole shells. His patron was

Christian Hee Hwass Christian Hee Hwass (1731–1803) was a Danish malacologist who is remembered for his work in conchology. Although born in Denmark, Hwass did most of his important work in France. He moved to Paris in 1780, and later Auteuil-Neuilly-Passy, Auteuil ...

(1731–1803). The 5th volume describes and portrays many shells from New Zealand and some from Australia collected during

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's voyages into the Pacific. Note ''Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz'' is an enormous work published from 1837 up to 1920 with nearly hundred sections, including some 4000 plates. The original work was continued by

Heinrich Carl Küster Heinrich Carl Küster (14 February 1807 – April 1876) was a German malacologist and entomologist. From 1836, he worked as an instructor at a trade school (''Gewerbschule'') in Erlangen. He conducted scientific excursions in Sardinia (1831) as ...

and then

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and Heinrich Conrad Weinkauff.Annex 2: Collation of the Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet (1837-1920) The American Malacological Society
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Digital ''Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet''
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Typescript index to ''Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet''
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of Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe (1712–1786), the publisher of the first edition of ''Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet'' 1730 births 1778 deaths Conchologists {{Germany-scientist-stub