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Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst (1 November 1743 – 5 November 1807) was a
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naturalistNatural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
and entomologist from
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Minden-RavensbergMinden-Ravensberg was a Prussian administrative unit consisting of the Principality of Minden and the County of Ravensberg from 1719–1807. The capital was Minden. In 1807 the region became part of the Kingdom of Westphalia, a client state of Napoleonic France...
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He was the joint editor, with
Carl Gustav JablonskyCarl Gustav Jablonsky was a Berlin naturalist, entomologist and illustrator. He was also the private secretary to the Queen of Prussia....
, of
Naturgeschichte der in- und ausländischen Insekten (1785–1806, 10 volumes), which was one of the first attempts at a complete survey of the order Coleoptera.
Herbst's other works included
Anleitung zur Kenntnis der Insekten (1784–86, 3 volumes),
Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse (1782–1804, 3 volumes),
Einleitung zur Kenntnis der Würmer (1787–88, 2 volumes) and
Natursystem der ungeflügelten Insekten (Classification of the unwinged insects) (1797–1800, 4 parts).
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