Georg Heinrich Borowski (26 July 1746 – 26 July 1801) was a German

zoologist Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the structure, embryology, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems. Zoology is one ...

born in

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(today's Kaliningrad),

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, to Andreas Ernst Borowski and wife, Maria Regina Negelken. His elder brother was the Archbishop of Koenigsberg, Ludwig Ernst von Borowski. He died in Frankfurt a. d. Oder, where he had taught at the university there. Borowski was professor in the department of

natural history Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study. A person who studies natural history is cal ...

and domestic economics at the University of Viadrina. In 1781 he described scientifically the

Humpback whale The humpback whale (''Megaptera novaeangliae'') is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual (a member of the family Balaenopteridae) and is the monotypic taxon, only species in the genus ''Megaptera''. Adults range in length from and weigh u ...

(''Megaptera novaeangliae'') under the name ''Balaena novaeangliae'' in ''Gemeinnüzzige Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs''."Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin." 1, pages 1–21 (1781)

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Digitised Gemmeinnnüzige Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs (1780- 1789) Georg Heinrich Borowski,

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst (1 November 1743 – 5 November 1807) was a German natural history, naturalist and entomologist from Petershagen, Minden-Ravensberg. He served as a chaplain in the Prussian army. His marriage in Berlin, 1770, with E ...

and Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann :de:Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Borowski, Georg Heinrich Zoologists from the Kingdom of Prussia 18th-century German zoologists Academic staff of European University Viadrina 1746 births 1801 deaths