Matthias Piller (1733-1788) was a
Hungarian naturalist,
zoologist,
botanist
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and
geologist.
He was the founding Professor of
Natural history at the
University of Budapest where he maintained large collections of zoological, botanical and geological specimens some of which are in the
Hungarian Natural History Museum and the
Geological Museum of Hungary. In 1783 with
Ludwig Mitterpacher he wrote published in Budapest.
References
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Horn
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and
Schenkling 1928-1929.''Index Litteratuae Entomologicae'' Horn, Berlin-Dahlem.
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Hungarian scientists
Hungarian entomologists
1733 births
1788 deaths