Johann Leonhard Frisch ( German: Johann Leonhard Frisch ; 1666-1743) - German physician , ornithologist , entomologist , naturalist , philologist , translator and teacher ; MD , member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences .
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Biography
Johann Leonhard Frisch was born on March 19, 1666 in the Bavarian town of Sulzbach-Rosenberg [3] . He studied medicine in Nuremberg , Altdorf, Jena and Strasbourg ; upon receiving a doctor’s degree, he visited France , Switzerland and Austria [4] .
In 1691, Frisch was appointed a priest in Hungary , from here he fled to Turkey , where he served as an interpreter during the Great Turkish War [4] .
In 1698 he visited Holland , and then settled in the capital of Germany , where, through the help of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, he received a professorship at the gymnasium [4] .
In 1706, Johann Leonhard Frisch was elected a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences [4] .
Frisch's works concern philology, grammar and the natural sciences; the most famous of them are: “ De insectis tomi XIII ” (13 vols. with 270 tables; they contain a description of insects found in Germany, their development history and a critical analysis of the works of Redi, Swammerdam, Hooke, Loewenguk and others that appeared until then; Berlin , 1720-1738); “ Vollständige Beschreibung der Vögel in Deutschland ” (Berlin, 1735-1765) and, according to N. N. Adelung , his main work is “ Beschreibung von allerlei Insecten in Teutschland ” (Berlin, 13 vol., 1720-1738) [4 ] .
Johann Leonard Frisch died on March 21, 1743 in the city of Berlin.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 Benezit Dictionary of Artists - 2006. - ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7 , 978-0-19-989991-3
- ↑ Frisch, Johann Leonhard // Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (German) .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Adelung N. N. Frisch, Johann-Leonhard // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Literature
- Adelung N. N. Frisch, Johann-Leonhard // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Frisch, Johann Leonhard // Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (German) .
- Eduard Winter . Frisch, Johann Leonhard // Neue Deutsche Biographie (German) .
Links
- Frisch, Johann Leonhard at the German National Library .