Johann Heinrich Fixsen
German entomologist
About Johann Heinrich Fixsen
Lived 1825 – 1899 (aged 73). Johann Heinrich Fixsen was a Russian lepidopterist.
Johann Heinrich Fixsen (19 October 1825 in St. Petersburg – 4 September 1899 in Hamburg) was a German entomologist who specialized in the Lepidoptera of the Palaearctic Region.
He wrote Lepidopteren-Verzeichniss der Umgegend von St. Petersburg (In Bull Moscou 22(1)) 1849 and many other scientific works describing new species. His collection is in the Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum.
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German entomologist (1825-1899)
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Johann Heinrich Fixsen was born on 19 October 1825 in Saint Petersburg.
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Johann Heinrich Fixsen died on 4 September 1899 in Hamburg.
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Johann Heinrich Fixsen was a lepidopterist.
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Johann Heinrich Fixsen was Russian.
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