About Jakob Heinrich Laspeyres
Lived 1768 – 1809 (aged 41). Jakob Heinrich Laspeyres was a German entomologist and jurist.
Jakob Heinrich Laspeyres (; 9 April 1769, Berlin – 28 November 1809, Berlin) was a German entomologist especially interested in Lepidoptera. He was a Bürgermeister in Berlin. Laspeyres collection is in Museum für Naturkunde.
The moth genus Laspeyresia is named after him.
Works Kritische Revision der neuen Ausgabe des systematischen Verzeichnisses von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend. Illigers's Magazine (von Karl Illiger). Braunschweig, Karl Reichard, 1803 Sesiae Europaeae Iconibus et Descriptionibus illustratae, 32 pp., 1 pl. Berlin. pdf
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Horn, W. H. R. & Schenkling, S. 1928-1929: Index Litteraturae Entomologicae, Serie I: die Welt-Literatur über die gesamte Entomologie bis inklusive 1863. - Berlin-Dahlem, Selbstverlag W. Horn 1-4 XXI p., 1426 p., 4 Tafeln
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German jurist and entomologist (1769-1809)
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Jakob Heinrich Laspeyres was born on 9 April 1768 in Berlin.
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Jakob Heinrich Laspeyres died on 28 November 1809 in Berlin.
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Jakob Heinrich Laspeyres was an entomologist and jurist.
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