Friedrich August Ludwig Thienemann ( 25 December 1793, Freyburg – 24 June 1858,

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) was a

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and

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. Ludwig Thienemann was the son of Johann August Thienemann (1749–1812) and Johanne Eleonora Friederike née Schreiber (1757–1809). He graduated as a doctor in 1819 and then travelled in Europe for two years, spending thirteen months in

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. He published a report on his travel in 1824–1827. In 1822, he moved to

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, where he taught

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in the university and he became

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the natural history collections in Dresden (Kustos Naturalien- sammlungen now in

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) in 1825. He was the founder of the

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newspaper ''Rhea'', whose two numbers appeared in 1846 and in 1849. He is best remembered for his work in ornithology, in particular research involving avian reproduction. During his career, he amassed a collection of 2000

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s and 5000 eggs from 1200 species.ADB: Thienemann, Friedrich August Ludwig
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Works

With

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, he collaborated on "''Systematische Darstellung der Fortpflanzung der Vögel Europa's mit Abbildung der Eier''" (Systematic representation of the reproduction of birds of Europe with illustration of eggs), published in five volumes (1825–1938).Uni-Heidelberg
III.24 Friedrich August Ludwig Thienemann / Christian Ludwig Brehm He later published his most famous work, titled "''Fortpflanzungsgeschichte der gesammten Vögel nach dem gegenwärtigen Standpunkte der Wissenschaft''" (Reproductive history of birds from a standpoint of current science), issued in ten parts from 1845 to 1856. *1828 ''Lehrbuch der Zoologie''. *1845 ''Einhundert Tafeln colorirter Abbildungen on Vogeleiern. Zur Fortpflanzungsgeschichte der gesammten Vögel''.

References

* Thienemann, F.A.L. ''Reise im Norden Europa's vorzüglich in Island in den Jahren 1820 bis 1821''. Leipzig, Ed. Bei Carl Heinrich Reclam, 1824–27), with

Gustav Biedermann Günther Gustav Biedermann Günther (22 January 1801 in Schandau – 8 September 1866 in Leipzig) was a German surgeon and orthopedist. From 1818 to 1824, he studied medicine and surgery at the University of Leipzig, obtaining his doctorate with the thesi ...

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