John Berkenhout

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John Berkenhout was an 18th-century English physician and naturalist known for his taxonomic work, including the early scientific description of the Norway rat.

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instanceOf human
physician
taxonomist
activeIn Great Britain NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 18th century
countryOfCitizenship England
Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 1726
dateOfDeath 1791
describedTaxon Norway rat NERFINISHED
educatedAt University of Leiden NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork medicine
natural history
taxonomy
gender male
hasEthnicGroup English people
hasNationality British
hasWorkLocation England NERFINISHED
knownFor early scientific description of the Norway rat
taxonomic work on British fauna
languageOfWorkOrName English
notableWork Outlines of the Natural History of Great Britain NERFINISHED
occupation naturalist
physician
writer
partOf 18th-century British naturalists
18th-century British physicians
placeOfBirth Leeds NERFINISHED
studied botany
medicine
zoology
wrote Outlines of the Natural History of Great Britain NERFINISHED
biographical and medical writings

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Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) firstDescribedBy John Berkenhout
subject surface form: Norway rat