About Johann Heinrich Sulzer
Lived 1735 – 1814 (aged 78–79). Johann Heinrich Sulzer was a Swiss entomologist, zoologist and physician.
Johann Heinrich Sulzer (18 September 1735, Winterthur – 14 August 1813, Winterthur ) was a Swiss physician and entomologist.
He studied medicine at the University of Tübingen and later started a medical practice in Winterthur. As a physician he distinguished himself in his work with smallpox vaccinations. In the field of entomology, he was the author of: Die Kennzeichen der Insekten, nach Anleitung des Königl. Schwed. Ritters und Leibarzts Karl Linnaeus, (...) (1761) – The characteristics of insects, according to the instructions of Carl Linnaeus. Abgekürzte Geschichte der Insecten nach dern Linaeischen System (1776) – Abbreviated history of insects according to the Linnaean System.
References and external links BHL Digitised works by Sulzer at Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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Swiss entomologist (1735–1814)
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Johann Heinrich Sulzer was born in 1735 in Winterthur.
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Johann Heinrich Sulzer died in 1814 in Winterthur.
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Johann Heinrich Sulzer was an entomologist, zoologist and physician.
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Johann Heinrich Sulzer was Swiss.
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