Johann Fischer von Waldheim

E614107

human zoologist

Johann Fischer von Waldheim was a German-Russian naturalist and zoologist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his taxonomic work and for founding the Moscow Society of Naturalists.

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Label	Occurrences
Johann Fischer von Waldheim canonical	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ zoologist ⓘ
birthName	Johann Gotthelf Fischer NERFINISHED ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Germany ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ
described	numerous new animal taxa ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Erlangen NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Halle NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Leipzig ⓘ
employer	Moscow University NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	German ⓘ
familyName	Fischer NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	natural history ⓘ taxonomy ⓘ zoology ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Johann NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasActivity	museum curation ⓘ scientific society organization ⓘ
hasOccupation	academic ⓘ
honorificSuffix	von Waldheim NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	development of zoology in Russia ⓘ
influencedBy	European Enlightenment naturalists ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	German ⓘ Russian ⓘ
memberOf	Académie des sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ Leopoldina NERFINISHED ⓘ Moscow Society of Naturalists NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Johann Fischer von Waldheim NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	contributions to Russian natural history ⓘ founding the Moscow Society of Naturalists ⓘ taxonomic work on animals ⓘ
notableStudent	Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim’s pupils in Moscow University natural history school ⓘ
notableWork	Entomographia Imperii Rossici NERFINISHED ⓘ Museum Demidoff NERFINISHED ⓘ publications on Russian fauna ⓘ
occupation	naturalist ⓘ zoologist ⓘ
positionHeld	director of the Moscow University Natural History Museum ⓘ founder of the Moscow Society of Naturalists ⓘ
residence	Moscow ⓘ
workLocation	Moscow ⓘ Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Subject: Johann Fischer von Waldheim
Description of subject: Johann Fischer von Waldheim was a German-Russian naturalist and zoologist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his taxonomic work and for founding the Moscow Society of Naturalists.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

spectacled eider → describedBy → Johann Fischer von Waldheim ⓘ

Sumatran rhinoceros → firstDescribedBy → Johann Fischer von Waldheim ⓘ