About Georg Wolfgang Knorr
Lived 1705 – 1761 (aged 55). Georg Wolfgang Knorr was a German paleontologist, printmaker, painter, collector, botanist and visual artist.
Georg Wolfgang Knorr (30 December 1705, in Nürnberg – 17 September 1761, in Nürnberg) was a German engraver and naturalist.
Works Deliciae Naturae Selectae Oder Auserlesenes Naturalien Cabinet (1766–67) Les Délices Des Yeux et de L'espirit, ou Collection Generale des Differentes Espèces de Coquillages (1764–73). Sammlung von Merckwürdigkeiten der Natur und Alterthümern des Erdbodens welche petrificirte Cörper enthält aufgewiesen und beschrieben A. Bieling, Nürnberg, 1755
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Who was Georg Wolfgang Knorr?
German naturalist (1705-1761)
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Georg Wolfgang Knorr was born on 30 December 1705 in Nuremberg.
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Georg Wolfgang Knorr died on 17 September 1761 in Nuremberg.
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Georg Wolfgang Knorr was a paleontologist, printmaker, painter, collector, botanist and visual artist.
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Georg Wolfgang Knorr was German.
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