Johann Wolf (26 May 1765 in
Nürnberg
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– 16 February 1824) was a German
naturalist
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and
ornithologist
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He was a Member of the
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
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Works
*''Neue methodische Vorschriften für Erziehungs- und Schulanstalten''
*''Naturgeschichte der Vögel Deutschlands'',
*''Taschenbuch der Vogelkunde für Deutschland'', Nürnberg 1810
*''Abbildung und Beschreibung der Kreuzotter'', Nürnberg 1815;
*''Abbildungen und Beschreibung merkwürdiger naturwissenschaftlicher Gegenstände'', 2 Bände, Nürnberg 1818–1822
*''Ein sicheres und wohlfeiles Mittel, Insekten schnell und ohne Verletzung zu tö''dten, Nürnberg, 1803
*''Der Steinkrebs, Nürnberg'', 1805
References
*Wilhelm Heß: Wolf, Johann (Pädagoge). In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 43, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, S. 764 f. Siehe seite=766/767
German ornithologists
Scientists from Nuremberg
1765 births
1824 deaths
18th-century German naturalists
18th-century German zoologists
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