Friedrich Held (21 July 1812 – 25 January 1872) was a German
malacologist
Malacology, from Ancient Greek μαλακός (''malakós''), meaning "soft", and λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (molluscs or mollusks), the second-largest ...
. His name is honoured by the research organization Friedrich Held Gesellschaft Verein zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Weichtierkunde e.V.
Works
*Held F. 1836. Aufzählung der in Bayern lebenden Mollusken ''Isis'' 1836 (4): 271-282. Leipzig.
*Held, F. 1837 Notizen über die Weichthiere Bayerns ''Isis'' 1837 (4): 303-309. Leipzig.
*Held, F. 1838. Notizen über die Weichthiere Bayerns (Fortsetzung) ''Isis'' 1837 (12): 902-919. Leipzig.
All digitised at
AnimalBase
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References
''Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names''*Zilch, A.,1967 Geschichte der malakologischen Sektion. Aus der Geschichte des Senckenberg-Museums, Nr. 13. ''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'' 97: 7-43. Biography, handwriting.
German malacologists
1872 deaths
1812 births
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