Johann von Böber or Boeber or Johann Jacob Beberi (22 December 174616 July 1820) was a

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, entomologist and botanist. He was first a professor at St. Peter's College

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then in 1796. became an advisor to the

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. In 1809 he wrote Description de quelques nouvelles espèces de papillons découverts en Sibérie ''Mém. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosco'' 2: 305–310, 1pl. His botanical works are *(1780): Freimaurerlieder zum Gebrauch der Vereinigten Logen in Russland, St. Petersburg. *(1787): Freimaurerlieder zum Gebrauch der vereinigten Logen in Russland, St. Petersburg *(1788): Auswahl von Freimaurerliedern. Durch die E. Loge Muse „Urania“ gesammelt von Böber, St. Petersburg *(1793): Verzeichnis der Pflanzen, die von Ritter J. von Böber in Taurien und Katharinoslavischen Gouvernement gasammelt worden sind, in: G. Ch. Reichs Magazin des Pflanzenreichs, Erlangen, 1793, Bd. I, S. 154–166. *(1793): Schreiben des Herrn Goffrath und Studien-Direktor Böber aus Ekaterinoslaw vom 25.Oktober 1792, in: Neue Nordische Beiträge, 1793, Bd. 6, S. 256–264. His collection of Coleoptera is in the

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. His collection of Lepidoptera is believed to be lost or destroyed.

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Potsdam University
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