Josef Anton Maximilian Perty (17 September 1804,

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– 8 August 1884,

Bern german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese , neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen , website ...

) was a German naturalist and

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. He was a professor of zoology and

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at the

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biography His first name is sometimes spelled as "Joseph". He studied

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and medicine in

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, earning his medical doctorate in 1826. Afterwards, he obtained his PhD at

Erlangen Erlangen (; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Erlang'', Bavarian language, Bavarian: ''Erlanga'') is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt (former administrative d ...

with a thesis on a previously unknown species of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

, and in 1831 became privat-docent of

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and general natural history at the University of Munich. From 1833 to 1876, he was a professor at the University of Bern.BHL
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He conducted investigative studies of

arthropod Arthropods (, (gen. ποδός)) are invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton, a Segmentation (biology), segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda. They are distinguished by their jointed limbs and Arth ...

s collected by

Johann Baptist von Spix Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix (9 February 1781 – 13 March 1826) was a German natural history, biologist. From his expedition to Brazil, he brought to Germany a large variety of specimens of plants, insects, mammals, birds, amphibians and fish. ...

and

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius Carl Friedrich Philipp (Karl Friedrich Philipp) von Martius (17 April 1794 – 13 December 1868) was a German botanist and explorer. Life Martius was born at Erlangen, the son of Prof Ernst Wilhelm Martius, court apothecary. He graduated PhD f ...

from an expedition in Brazil. In 1862, the botanical genus ''

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'' was named in his honor by

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Works

*''Observationes nonnulae in Coleoptera Indiae orientalis'', München (1831). *''Delectus Animalium Articulatorum quae in itinere per Brasiliam Annis MDCCCXVII – MDCCCXX Iussu et Auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis Augustissimi, percato collegerunt Dr J. B. de Spix et Dr. C. F. Ph. de Martius''. (1830-1834). *''Zur Kenntniss kleinster Lebensformen: nach Bau, Funktionen, Systematik, mit Specialverzeichniss der in der Schweiz beobachteten. pp. 1-228, pls I-XVII. Bern: Verlag von Jent & Reinert. *''Die mystischen Erscheinungen in der menschlichen Natur''. Leipzig, (2. Auflage 1872, 2 Bände) (1861). *''Über das Seelenleben der Tiere'' (Leipzig und Heidelberg, 2. 1865: new edition 1876). *''Die Natur im Licht philosophischer Anschauung'' (Leipzig und Heidelberg) (1869). *''Erinnerungen aus dem Leben eines Natur- und Seelenforschers des 19. Jahrhunderts'' (Leipzig und Heidelberg) (1879).

Collections

Perty's collections are divided between the University of Bern and the

Zoologische Staatssammlung München The Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (german: Zoologische Staatssammlung München) or ZSM is a major German research institution for zoological systematics in Munich. It has over 20 million zoological specimens. It is one of the largest natur ...

References

German naturalists German entomologists Dipterists 1804 births 1884 deaths German taxonomists Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich faculty People from Ansbach (district) 19th-century German zoologists {{Germany-zoologist-stub