Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (17 January 1739 – 10 December 1810), often styled J.C.D. von Schreber, was a German naturalist.

Career

Schreber was appointed professor of materia medica at the University of Erlangen in 1769.

In 1774, he began writing a multivolume set of books entitled Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen, which focused on the mammals of the world. Many of the animals included were given a scientific name for the first time, following the binomial system of Carl Linnaeus. From 1791 until his death in 1810, he was the president of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1787. In April 1795, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Numerous honors were bestowed on him, including the office of an imperial count palatine.

Schreber also wrote on entomology, notably Schreberi Novae Species Insectorvm. His herbarium collection has been preserved in the Botanische Staatssammlung München since 1813.

Works

  • Beschreibung der Gräser (1.1769 - 3.1810)
  • Lithographia Halensis (1758)
  • Schreberi Novae Species Insectorvm (1759)
  • Die Säugetiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen (1.1774 - 64.1804)
  • Theses medicae (1761)

Plates from Die Säugetiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen 1774-1804.

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File:Mustela sibirica.jpg|Mustela sibirica

File:Eulemur mongoz Schreber.jpg|Eulemur mongoz

File:Viverra zibetha Schreber.jpg|Viverra zibetha

File:Herpestes ichneumon Schreber.jpg|Herpestes ichneumon

File:Galictis vittata Schreber.jpg|Galictis vittata

File:Martes zibellina Schreber.jpg|Martes zibellina

File:Didelphis marsupialis Schreber.jpg|Didelphis marsupialis

File:Thylogale brunii Schreber.jpg|Thylogale brunii

File:Setifer setosus Schreber.jpg|Setifer setosus

File:Hemiechinus auritus Schreber.jpg|Hemiechinus auritus

File:Vormela peregusna Schreber.jpg|Vormela peregusna

File:Caluromys philander Schreber.jpg|Caluromys philander

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References

  • Online version of Schreberi Novae Species Insectorvm at GDZ
  • Gaedike, R.; Groll, E. K. & Taeger, A. 2012: Bibliography of the entomological literature from the beginning until 1863 : online database - version 1.0 - Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut.