About Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller
Lived 1725 – 1776 (aged 50). Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller was a German zoologist, ornithologist, theologian, university teacher, entomologist and naturalist.
Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller (25 April 1725 – 5 January 1776) was a German zoologist. Statius Müller was born in Esens, and was a professor of natural science at Erlangen. Between 1773 and 1776, he published a German translation of Linnaeus's Natursystem. The supplement in 1776 contained the first scientific classification for a number of species, including the dugong, guanaco, potto, tricolored heron, umbrella cockatoo, red-vented cockatoo, and the enigmatic hoatzin. He was also an entomologist.
Müller died in Erlangen.
Works Statius Müller, P. L. 1776. Des Ritters Carl von Linné Königlich Schwedischen Leibarztes &c. &c. vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs. Mit einer ausführlichen Erklärung. Nebst drey Kupfertafeln.Nürnberg. (Raspe).
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German zoologist (1725–1776)
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Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller was born on 25 April 1725 in Esens.
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Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller died on 5 January 1776 in Erlangen.
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Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller was a zoologist, ornithologist, theologian, university teacher, entomologist and naturalist.
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