Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst

Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst

Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst, sometimes Jean Louis Charles or Carl, (November 14 1777 – January 14 1857) was a German zoologist and entomologist.

Life

Gravenhorst was born in Braunschweig. His early interest in insects was encouraged by two of his professors, both amateur entomologists. He entered the university of Helmstedt to study law in 1797, but the death of his father two years later left him a great fortune, so he was able to change his direction. He enrolled at the university of Göttingen where he followed the courses of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach. He returned to present his thesis to Helmstädt on a subject of entomology. He went to Paris in 1802 and there met Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille and Alexandre Brongniart. Parallel to his studies, he assembled, thanks to his financial means, a very important natural history collection. In 1805, he obtained a professorial chair in Göttingen and published the following year "Monographie Coleopterorum".

Among his work, Gravenhorst's studies of the parasitic wasps is especially important but he also worked in herpetology. He settled in Frankfurt (Oder) in 1810 teaching natural history at the university of the city. The following year, the university was transferred to Breslau. There he became director of the Breslau Natural History Museum and installed his own collections there. He started to suffer from mental disorders after 1825 stopping all scientific work in the year 1840 and withdrawing completely into himself in 1856. He died in Breslau.

Achievements

Gravenhorst was a specialist in Staphylinidae and Ichneumonidae describing many new species.He was also one of the first frog specialists.

pecies described by Gravenhorst

*"Rana crancrivora", a frog (1829) [http://www.nre.cn/readarticle/htm/19/2003_9_23_1284.html]

Works

*"Monographia Coleopterorum Micropterorum". Göttingen: Henricus Dieterich, xvi+248 pp, tabula. (1802)Click for PDF: [http://www.toyen.uio.no/entomology/gusarov/Library/Gravenhorst.htm]

*"Coleoptera Microptera Brunsvicensia nec non exoticorum quotquot exstant in collectionibus entomologorum Brunsvicensium in genera familias et species distribuit". Braunschweig: Carolus Reichard, lxvi+207 pp. Gravenhorst, J.L.C (1806)Click for PDF: [http://www.toyen.uio.no/entomology/gusarov/Library/Gravenhorst.htm]

*"Ichneumologia Europaea". Vratislaviae, sumtibus auctoris. 3 volumes (including supplement). pp. xxxi, 827, (4); 989; 1097, with 2 engraved plates and 2 folded tables.(1829) - Contents I: Generalia, Ichneumones, Supplementa, Indices - II: Tryphones, Trogos, Alomyas, Cryptos - III: Pimplas, Metopios, Bassos, Banchos, Ophiones, Hellwigias, Acaenitas, Xoridas, Supplementa.

Collections

*Museum of Natural History Wroclaw University

References

Translated from French Wikipedia
*Townes, H. K. 1965. Labeling in the Gravenhorst collection of Ichneumonidae (Hymen.) "Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne" 35: 403-407.Source Kraig Adler (1989). Contributions to the History of Herpetology, Society for the study of amphibians and reptiles.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst — Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst. Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst est un zoologiste allemand, né le 14 novembre 1777 à Brunswick et mort le 14  …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst — Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst. Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst est un zoologiste allemand, né le 14 novembre 1777 à Brunswick et mort le 14 janvier 1857 à Breslau (aujo …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst — (* 14. November 1777 in Braunschweig; † 14. Januar 1857 in Breslau) war ein deutscher Zoologe. Leben und Werk …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Johann Ludwig Gravenhorst — Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst (* 14. November 1777 in Braunschweig; † 14. Januar 1857 in Breslau) war ein deutscher Zoologe. Als Sohn eines wohlhabenden Braunschweiger Bier und Essigbrauers,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Gravenhorst — Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst Nacimiento 14 de noviembre de 1777 Brunswick …   Wikipedia Español

  • Gravenhorst — ist der Name folgender Orte: Gravenhorst (Papenteich), Ortsteil von Meine, Samtgemeinde Papenteich, Niedersachsen Gravenhorst (Westfalen), Ortsteil der Stadt Hörstel Kloster Gravenhorst, dortiges Kloster Gravenhorst ist der Familienname folgender …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Gravenhorst [2] — Gravenhorst, 1) Christoph Jul., geb. 1731, gest. 1794, u. 2) Joh. Heinr., des Vor. Bruder, st. 1786; bekannt durch ihre, in Braunschweig errichtete Fabrik chemischer Producte, bes. Glaubersalz u. Salmiak; sie gaben in den Jahren 1769–78… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Гравенгорст — (Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst) германский энтомолог (1777 1857), проф. естественной истории и директор зоол. музея в Бреславле. Важнейшие работы: Coleoptera microptera Brunsvicensia (Брауншвейг, 1802); Monographia coleopterorum… …   Энциклопедический словарь Ф.А. Брокгауза и И.А. Ефрона

  • List of zoologists by author abbreviation — This is a list of zoologists by their surnames with abbreviated given names. A * Abe Tokiharu Abe (1911 ndash;1996) * Able Kenneth W. Able (b. 1945) * Abbott Charles Conrad Abbott (1843 ndash;1919) * Acerbi Giuseppe Acerbi (1773–1846) * Acero… …   Wikipedia

  • Zoólogos por abreviación de nombre — Anexo:Zoólogos por abreviación de nombre Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Esta es una lista de zoólogos que se encuentran referidos en la nomenclatura binomial, autores de especies o subespecies con nombres abreviados. Si no lo encuentra puede… …   Wikipedia Español

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”