Johann Georg Wagler

Johann Georg Wagler

Johann Georg Wagler (28 March 1800 – 23 August 1832) was a German herpetologist.[1][2][3]

Wagler was assistant to Johann Baptist von Spix, and gave lectures in Zoology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich after that was moved to Munich.[4] He worked on the extensive collections brought back from Brazil by Spix, published partly together with him books on reptiles from Brazil. Wagler wrote Monographia Psittacorum (1832),[2] which included the correct naming of the blue macaws.

In 1832, Wagler died of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound while out collecting in München-Moosach.[1][2][3]

Publication

Four of Wagler's books and articles are available at the Biodiversity Heritage Library:[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Heß, Wilhelm (1896). "Wagler, Johann Georg". Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Band 41. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. p. 776.
  2. 1 2 3 Bo Beolens; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson (26 July 2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. JHU Press. p. 278. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
  3. 1 2 "History of the Herpetology Section". Zoologische Staatssammlung München. 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  4. Balss,Heinrich (1926) Die Zoologische Staatssammlung und das Zoologische Institut, in: Müller (ed.) Die wissenschaftlichen Anstalten der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, S. 300 - 315
  5. "Wagler, Johann Georg, 1800-1832". Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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