Johann Baptist von Spix
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1781 – 1826
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Who was Johann Baptist von Spix?
Dr. Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix was a German biologist. From his expedition to Brazil he brought to Germany a large variety of specimens of plants, insects, mammals, birds, amphibians and fish. They constitute an important basis for today's National Zoological Collection in Munich. Numerous instances of ethnographic collections such as dance masks and the like are now part of the collection of the Museum of Ethnography in Munich.
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- Born
- Feb 9, 1781
Höchstadt - Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Died
- Mar 14, 1826
Munich
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on July 23, 2013
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