Carl Gustav Jablonsky
Carl Gustav Jablonsky (1756 – 25 May 1787) was a Berlin naturalist, entomologist and illustrator. He was also the private secretary to the Queen of Prussia, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern. He died at the age of 31.
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Carl Gustav Jablonsky
Carl Gustav Jablonsky (1756 - 1787) · Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten (8 works). Year, 1780 · Public domain
- Name
- Carl Gustav Jablonsky
- Born
- 1756
- Died
- 1787
- Field
- Natural history, entomology
- Nationality
- Germany · Holy Roman Empire
- Occupation
- entomologist · illustrator · naturalist
- Fields
- entomology
- Languages
- German
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Carl Gustav Jablonsky (1756 – 25 May 1787) was a Berlin naturalist, entomologist and illustrator. He was also the private secretary to the Queen of Prussia, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern. He died at the age of 31.
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Carl Gustav Jablonsky (1756–1787) was an entomologist, illustrator and naturalist and a national of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire. The entomologist was active in entomology.
Languages used include German. Works by Carl Gustav Jablonsky are held at Minneapolis Institute of Art.
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He willed his works to his colleague, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst, who became a naturalist and entomologist. • Illustration — Plate from Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten • Illustration — Plate from Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten Jablonsky's Natursystem is one of the first attempts at a complete survey of the order Coleoptera.
Genaue Darstellung eines Maikäfers und einiger anderer Käfer derselben Gattung der Familie Blatthornkäfer (Scarabaeidae)
Heusinger~dewiki · Lutz Heusinger: Johann Heusinger - Texte und Werke, 2. Auflage, Marburg 2019, Nr. G01, S. 311 [1]
Genaue Darstellung verschiedener Käfer der Gattung Maikäfer der Familie Blatthornkäfer (Scarabaeidae).
Heusinger~dewiki · Lutz Heusinger: Johann Heusinger - Texte und Werke, 2. Auflage, Marburg 2019, Nr. G01, S. 311 [1]
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• Name — Carl Gustav Jablonsky • Born — 1756 • Died — 1787 • Field — Natural history, entomology
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With Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst, Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten, als eine Fortzetsung der von Büffonschen Naturgeschichte. Nach dem System des Ritters Carl von Linné bearbeitet: Käfer
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1756
Carl Gustav Jablonsky was born on 1 January 1756.
1787
Carl Gustav Jablonsky died on 25 May 1787.
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Carl Gustav Jablonsky is recorded with the occupation entomologist. Recorded as entomologist, illustrator and naturalist.
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