Jean-Frédéric Hermann (Strasbourg 1768–1793) was a French

physician A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...

and naturalist mainly interested in

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.Guide des fonds patrimoniaux des bibliothèques d'Alsace Daniel Bornemann - 1995 "On y trouve la collection de Jean Hermann (1738-1800), docteur en médecine et professeur d'histoire naturelle à Strasbourg, celle de Jean- Frédéric Hermann (1768-1793) son fils et celle de Frédéric-Louis Hammer (1762-1835), son gendre." Son of Jean Hermann, he continued the index of his father’s collection, illustrating some species. He studied the comparative anatomy of the mouthparts of insects and mites publishing ''Mémoire aptérologique'' with his son in law Frédéric-Louis Hammer in 1804.

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Three works by Hermann
digitized by the Universities of Strasbourg. French entomologists 1768 births 1793 deaths Scientists from Strasbourg Physicians from Strasbourg {{entomologist-stub