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Johann Baptist von Spix (February 9, 1781 – March 14, 1826) was a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 naturalist
Natural history

Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards the observational than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research that is published in magazines than in academic journals....
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Spix was born in Höchstadt
Höchstadt

H?chstadt is a town in the Erlangen-H?chstadt district, in Bavaria, Germany....
. After his first fundamental publication, a book about the history of zoological classification, published in 1810, he was appointed as a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.






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Spix Johann Baptist Von 1781 1826
Johann Baptist von Spix (February 9, 1781 – March 14, 1826) was a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 naturalist
Natural history

Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards the observational than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research that is published in magazines than in academic journals....
.

Spix was born in Höchstadt
Höchstadt

H?chstadt is a town in the Erlangen-H?chstadt district, in Bavaria, Germany....
. After his first fundamental publication, a book about the history of zoological classification, published in 1810, he was appointed as a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. In 1817 he travelled to Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
 with Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a Germany botanist and explorer.Martius was born at Erlangen, where he graduated M.D. in 1814, publishing as his thesis a critical catalogue of plants in the botanic garden of the university....
, returning in 1820 with specimens of 6,500 plants, 2,700 insects, 85 mammals, 350 birds, 150 amphibians and 116 fish. These formed the basis of the collection of the Natural History Museum
Zoologische Staatssammlung München

Zoologische Staatssammlung M?nchen or ZSM or The Bavarian State Collection of Zoology is a major Germany research institution for Zoology systematics....
 in Munich
Munich

Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
 the first conservator (now about equal as director) of which he was. Among his discoveries was Spix's Macaw
Spix's Macaw

The Spix's Macaw is the only member of the parrot genus Cyanopsitta. No sightings of this macaw have been made in the wild since 2000, but part of the range has not been surveyed....
, which is named after him.

Spix died in Munich.

Works

  • Geschichte und Beurtheilung aller Systeme in der Zoologie nach ihrer Entwicklungsfolge von Aristoteles bis auf die gegenwärtige Zeit. 1811 - Nürnberg, Schrag'sche Buchhandlung I-XIV; 710pp.


In addition to the 4-volume narrative of the expedition, Reise in Brasilien in den Jahren 1817 bis 1820 (Munich,1823-1831), the publications arising directly from the Spix-Martius collections include:

  • [monkeys and bats], 1823, by Spix. From Smithsonian Institution Libraries
  • Serpentum Brasiliensium Species Novae [snakes], 1824, by J.G. Wagler, from Spix's notes
  • Animalia Nova sive Species Novae Testudinum et Ranarum [turtles and frogs], 1824, by Spix
  • Animalia Nova sive Species Novae Lacertarum [lizards], 1825, by Spix
  • Avium Species Novae [birds], 1824-1825, by Spix
  • Testacea Fluviatilia... [freshwater mollusks], 1827, by A.J. Wagner
  • Selecta Genera et Species Piscium [fish], 1829[-1831], by Louis Agassiz
  • Delectus Animalium Articulatorum [insects], 1830, by Maximilian Perty
    Maximilian Perty

    Josef Anton Maximilian Perty was a Germany naturalist and entomologist. He was a professor of natural history at the University of Bern....
  • Novae Genera et Species Plantarum [plants], 1823-1832, by Martius
  • Plantarum Cryptogamicarum [cryptogams], 1828, by Martius


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