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Johann Ludwig Christ (18 October 1739, in Obituary in the church book of Kronberg 1813
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 ''
Johann Ludwig Christ (18 October 1739, in Öhringen
Öhringen ( East Franconian: ''Ähringe'') is the largest town in Hohenlohe (district) in the state of Baden-Württemberg, in southwest Germany, near Heilbronn. Öhringen is on the railline to Schwäbisch Hall and Crailsheim.
With a population o ...
– 19 November 1813, in Kronberg im Taunus
Kronberg im Taunus is a town in the Hochtaunuskreis district, Hesse, Germany and part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. Before 1866, it was in the Duchy of Nassau; in that year the whole Duchy was absorbed into Prussia. Kronberg lies at th ...
)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
The European paper wasp (''Polistes dominula'') is one of the most common and well-known species of social wasps in the genus '' Polistes''. Its diet is more diverse than those of most ''Polistes'' species—many genera of insects versus mainly c ...
''. He also studied fruit trees
A fruit tree is a tree which bears fruit that is consumed or used by animals and humans — all trees that are flowering plants produce fruit, which are the ripened ovaries of flowers containing one or more seeds. In horticultural usage, t ...
and wrote ''Vollständige Pomologie'' (2 volumes, 1809–1822).
See also
*Parson-naturalist
A parson-naturalist was a cleric (a "parson", strictly defined as a country priest who held the living of a parish, but the term is generally extended to other clergy), who often saw the study of natural science as an extension of his religious wo ...
References
* Helmut Bode: ''Johann Ludwig Christ. Pfarrer, Naturforscher, Ökonom, Bienenzüchter und Pomologe 1739–1813''. Frankfurt am Main 1984,External links
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Christ, Johann Ludwig 1739 births 1813 deaths People from Öhringen People from Kronberg im Taunus German gardeners German naturalists German entomologists 18th-century agronomists 19th-century agronomists