Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (; 22 June 1744 – 19 August 1777) was a German

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. Erxleben was professor of physics and veterinary medicine at the

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. He wrote ''Anfangsgründe der Naturlehre'' (1772) and ''Systema regni animalis'' (1777). He was founder of the first and oldest academic veterinary school in Germany, the Institute of Veterinary Medicine, in 1771. He was the son of Dorothea Christiane Erxleben, the first woman in Germany to earn a medical degree.

Works

* 1767 ''Einige Anmerkungen über das Insektensystem des Hr. Geoffroy und die Schäfferschen Verbesserungen desselben''. Hannoverisches Magazin, Hannover (Stück 20). 305–316. * 1772 ''Anfangsgründe der Naturlehre''. Göttingen und Gotha, Dieterich 648 p., 8 Taf. * 1775 ''Anfangsgründe der Chemie''. Göttingen, Dieterich, 472p
Digital edition
by the University and State Library Düsseldorf * 1769–1778 Pallas, P. S., Baldinger, E. G., Erxleben, J. C. P. ull title''Peter Simon Pallas Naturgeschichte merkwuerdiger Thiere, in welcher vornehmlich neue und unbekannte Thierarten durch Kupferstiche, Beschreibungen und Erklaerungen erlaeutert werden. Durch den Verfasser verteutscht''. I. Band 1 bis 10te Sammlung mit Kupfern. Berlin und Stralsund, G. A. Lange (Samml. 1–10), 48 Taf.

References

* Gerta Beaucamp: ''Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben. Versuch einer Biographie und Bibliographie.'' (= Lichtenberg-Studien, hg. von Stefan Brüdermann und Ulrich Joost, Bd. 9). Wallstein Verlag Göttingen 1994 * Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: ''Vorlesungen zur Naturlehre.'' Ediert nach G. Chr. Lichtenbergs annotierten Handexemplar der 4. Auflage von Johann Christian Polykarp Erxlebens "Anfangsgründe der Naturlehre", hrsg. v. d. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Wallstein Verlag Göttingen 2005 * Bertram Brenig: "Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744–1777) – Universalgelehrter, Naturforscher und Tierarzt". Georgia-Augusta 72, 35–44 (2000)

External links

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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.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Erxleben, Johann German veterinarians 18th-century German naturalists German entomologists People from Quedlinburg University of Göttingen alumni Academic staff of the University of Göttingen 1744 births 1777 deaths