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Johann Georg Wagler (March 28, 1800 - August 23, 1832) 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....
 herpetologist.

Wagler was assistant to Johann Baptist von Spix
Johann Baptist von Spix

Johann Baptist von Spix was a Germany natural history.Spix was born in H?chstadt. 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....
, and became Director of the Zoological Museum at the University of 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....
 after Spix's death in 1826.






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Wagler Johann Georg 1800 1832
Johann Georg Wagler (March 28, 1800 - August 23, 1832) 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....
 herpetologist.

Wagler was assistant to Johann Baptist von Spix
Johann Baptist von Spix

Johann Baptist von Spix was a Germany natural history.Spix was born in H?chstadt. 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....
, and became Director of the Zoological Museum at the University of 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....
 after Spix's death in 1826. He worked on the extensive collections brought back from 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....
, and wrote Monographia Psittacorum (1832), which included descriptions of the blue macaw
Macaw

For the China special administrative region, see Macau. Macaws are small to large, often colourful the Americas parrots. Of the many different Psittacidae genus, six are classified as macaws: Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Primolius, Orthopsittaca, and Diopsittaca....
s.

Wagler died of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound while out collecting.