Johann Wilhelm Adolf Hansemann (14 May 1784,

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– 26 July 1862,

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) was a German

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and insect dealer. Prediger was a

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in Leese.

Works

*Hansemann, J. W. A. (1823) Anfang einer Auseinanderseßung der deutschen Arten der Gattung '' Agrion'' F. ''Zoologisches Magazin'' (Wiedemann): 2 (1): 148-161. *Hansemann, J. W. A. (1862) Vertilgung der Eier und Raupen des ungleichen Spinners und anderer Ungezieferarten.''Zeitschrift für deutsche Landwirthe'', N. F., Leipzig - 13 167

References

''Index Novus Litteraturae Entomologicae''
Full bibliography
www.online-ofb.de
German entomologists 1862 deaths 1784 births 18th-century German zoologists {{Germany-biologist-stub