Describing about thirty new species, Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika
Scientific career
Fields
Physician, ornithologist, mammalogist
Institutions
Senckenberg Natural History Society
Author abbrev. (zoology)
Cretzschmar
Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (11 June 1786 – 4 May 1845) was a German physician and natural scientist.
Cretzschmar was born at Sulzbach and studied medicine at the University of Würzburg. He taught anatomy and zoology at the Senckenberg Medical Institute of Frankfurt.[1]
Cretzschmar was the founder and second director of the Senckenberg Natural History Society in 1817.[1][2] One of the founding members of the society was Eduard Rüppell, and the two men collaborated in publishing the results of Rüppell's explorations in Africa. The Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika ("Atlas of Rüppell's Travels in Northern Africa"; 1826–31) [3][4] included an ornithological section by Cretzschmar describing around thirty new species, including Meyer's parrot, Nubian bustard, Goliath heron, streaked scrub warbler and Cretzschmar's bunting. In the field of mammalogy, he is the binomial author of the scimitar-horned oryx and Soemmerring's gazelle.[5][6]
The "Cretzschmar-Medaille" is an award offered by the Senckenberg foundation for outstanding work in natural sciences.[2][1]
^ abctranslated biography NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie
^WorldCat Titles Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika
^Sherborn, Charles Davies (1922). Index animalium sive index nominum quae ab A.D. MDCCLVIII generibus et speciebus animalium imposita sunt. Part I. Introduction, bibliography and index A-Aff. London: Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum. p. 128.
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PhilippJakobCretzschmar (11 June 1786 – 4 May 1845) was a German physician and natural scientist. Cretzschmar was born at Sulzbach and studied medicine...
damma, O. dammah, O. bezoarticus, and O. ensicornis. In 1826, PhilippJakobCretzschmar used the name Oryx ammah for the species. A year later, the name...
genus Turdoides was introduced in 1826 by the German physician PhilippJakobCretzschmar specifically for the white-headed babbler. The name combines the...
Retrieved 2024-04-28. Sillero-Zubiri, C. (2004). "Pale fox Vulpes pallida (Cretzschmar, 1827)". In Sillero-Zubiri, C.; Hoffmann, M.; Macdonald, D. W. (eds.)...
formally described and illustrated in 1830 by the German physician PhilippJakobCretzschmar under the binomial name Malurus inquietus. This species is now...
his family returned to Europe. He visited Germany, where he met PhilippJakobCretzschmar, and England, where he met John Edward Gray at the British Museum...
Elliott Coues – US John Courtney – Australia Lee Crandall – US PhilippJakobCretzschmar – Germany Maunsell Crosby – US Georges Cuvier – France Ede Czynk...
described as a new species in 1826 by German scientist PhilippJakobCretzschmar. Cretzschmar initially placed it in the genus Vespertilio, with the binomial...
Java and specimens were in the museum of the East India Company PhilippJakobCretzschmar founds the Senckenberg Natural History Society. Ongoing events...
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