Jean-Frédéric Hermann (Strasbourg 1768–1793) was a French

physician A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the Medical education, study, Med ...

and

naturalist 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 ...

mainly interested in

entomology Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

.Guide des fonds patrimoniaux des bibliothèques d'Alsace Daniel Bornemann - 1995 "On y trouve la collection de Jean Hermann (1738-1800), docteur en médecine et professeur d'histoire naturelle à Strasbourg, celle de Jean- Frédéric Hermann (1768-1793) son fils et celle de Frédéric-Louis Hammer (1762-1835), son gendre." Son of Jean Hermann, he continued the index of his father’s collection, illustrating some species. He studied the comparative anatomy of the mouthparts of insects and mites publishing ''Mémoire aptérologique'' with his son in law Frédéric-Louis Hammer in 1804.

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Three works by Hermann
digitized by the Universities of Strasbourg. French entomologists 1768 births 1793 deaths Scientists from Strasbourg Physicians from Strasbourg {{entomologist-stub