Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst (1 November 1743 – 5 November 1807) was a German naturalist and

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

from

Petershagen Petershagen is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies on the Westphalian Mill Route. The core is formed by the districts of Petershagen and Lahde, located opposite each other on the Weser. Geograph ...

Minden-Ravensberg Minden-Ravensberg was a Prussian administrative unit consisting of the Principality of Minden and the County of Ravensberg from 1719–1807. The capital was Minden. In 1807 the region became part of the Kingdom of Westphalia, a client state o ...

. He served as a chaplain in the Prussian army. His marriage in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

, 1770, with Euphrosyne Luise Sophie (1742–1805), daughter of the Prussian ''Hofrat'' Libert Waldschmidt seems to have been childless.''Deutsche Biografie''
He was the joint editor, with

Carl Gustav Jablonsky Carl Gustav Jablonsky (1756 – 25 May 1787) was a Berlin naturalist, entomologist and illustrator. He was also the private secretary to the Queen of Prussia, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern. He died at the age of 31. He w ...

, of ''Naturgeschichte der in- und ausländischen Insekten'' (1785–1806, 10 volumes), which was one of the first attempts at a complete survey of the order

Coleoptera 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 ...

. Herbst's ''Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse'', released in installments, was the first full survey of

crustacea Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean gro ...

ns. Herbst's other works included ''Anleitung zur Kenntnis der Insekten'' (1784–86, 3 volumes), ''Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse'' (1782–1804, 3 volumes), ''Einleitung zur Kenntnis der Würmer'' (1787–88, 2 volumes) and ''Natursystem der ungeflügelten Insekten'' (Classification of the unwinged insects) (1797–1800, 4 parts).

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Natursystem der Ungeflügelten Insekten(Viertes Heft)
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Zoologica

Göttingen State and University Library The Göttingen State and University Library (german: Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen or SUB Göttingen) is the library for Göttingen University as well as for the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and is the state li ...

1743 births 1807 deaths People from Petershagen German carcinologists German lepidopterists German naturalists People from Minden (state) German chaplains 18th-century German zoologists 19th-century German zoologists Prussian Army personnel {{entomologist-stub