Johann Friedrich Naumann (14 February 1780 – 15 August 1857) was a German
scientist
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, engraver, and editor. He is regarded as the founder of scientific
ornithology
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in
Europe
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. He published ''The Natural History of German Birds'' (1820–1844) and ''The Eggs of German Birds'' (1818–1828). His father
Johann Andreas Naumann (1744–1826) was a naturalist, and his brother
Carl Andreas Naumann (1786–1854) was also an ornithologist.
The German ornithological society named its journal ''Naumannia''. The
lesser kestrel
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(''Falco naumanni'') is also named for him.
Biography
Johann Friedrich Naumann was born in Ziebigk, about 10 km southeast of
Köthen, on 14 February 1780, as the son of Johann Andreas Naumann, a well-known natural historian. After attending school at
Dessau
Dessau is a district of the independent city of Dessau-Roßlau in Saxony-Anhalt at the confluence of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the ''States of Germany, Bundesland'' (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt. Until 1 July 2007, it was an independent ...
, he returned home and devoted himself to the study of agriculture, botany, geology, and ornithology. His later work was devoted more exclusively to the ornithology of Germany. In 1822, he published his ''Naturgeschichte der Vögel Deutschlands'' (13 vols, Leipzig (1822), illustrated with plates Naumann engraved himself.
He was also the author of many other ornithological works.
In 1821, Naumann sold his bird collection to
Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen
Frederick Ferdinand of Anhalt-Köthen (25 June 1769, in Pless – 23 August 1830, in Köthen) was a German prince, Ascanian ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Pless and, from 1818, of the duchy of Anhalt-Köthen. He was the second son of Fr ...
for 2,000
Taler. He was appointed curator of the ducal collection in the Ferdinandsbau in
Schloss (Castle) Köthen, which has been accessible to the public since 1835.
References
Sources
*Wilhelm Heß: ADB Vol. 23. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, p. 315
*Paul Gottschalk: Johann Friedrich Naumann, in: Mitteldeutsche Lebensbilder, Vol. 1, ''Lebensbilder des 19. Jahrhunderts,'' Magdeburg 1926, pp. 65–70.
Gallery
Image:Johann Friedrich Naumann - Baldie.JPG, From ''Naturgeschichte der Vögel Mitteleuropas (Natural History of the Birds of Central Europe).''
File:Accipiter gentilis, Naumann 1899.jpg, Habicht (''Accipiter gentilis''). Engraving by Johann Friedrich Naumann.
File:Bartramia longicauda.jpg, Upland sandpiper Bartramie ou maubèche des champs by Naumann.
File:Falco eleonorae NAUMANN.jpg, Falco eleonorae.
External links
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Johann Friedrich Naumann
Johann Friedrich Naumann (14 February 1780 – 15 August 1857) was a German scientist, engraver, and editor. He is regarded as the founder of scientific ornithology in Europe. He published ''The Natural History of German Birds'' (1820–1844) ...
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Naumann Museumat Bachstadt-koethen.de
Zoologica Göttingen State and University Library
1780 births
1857 deaths
People from Südliches Anhalt
German ornithologists
19th-century German engravers
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