Georg Wolfgang Knorr
Illustration — Georg Wolfgang Knorr • Illustration — Plate XII from "Deliciae Naturae Selectae" (1751–67) Georg Wolfgang Knorr (30 December 1705, in Nürnberg – 17 September 1761, in Nürnberg) was a German engraver and naturalist.
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Georg Wolfgang Knorr
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- Born
- Georg Wolfgang Knorr was born on 30 December 1705. · Nuremberg.
- Died
- Georg Wolfgang Knorr died on 17 September 1761. · Nuremberg.
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Occupation
- paleontologist, printmaker, painter, collector, botanist, artist, copper engraver and art dealer.
- Fields
- visual arts.
- Languages
- German.
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Illustration — Georg Wolfgang Knorr • Illustration — Plate XII from "Deliciae Naturae Selectae" (1751–67) Georg Wolfgang Knorr (30 December 1705, in Nürnberg – 17 September 1761, in Nürnberg) was a German engraver and naturalist.
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• Deliciae Naturae Selectae Oder Auserlesenes Naturalien Cabinet (1766–67) • Les Délices Des Yeux et de L'espirit, ou Collection Generale des Differentes Espèces de Coquillages (1764–73). • Sammlung von Merckwürdigkeiten der Natur und Alterthümern des Erdbodens welche petrificirte Cörper enthält aufgewiesen und beschrieben A. Bieling, Nürnberg, 1755
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1705
Georg Wolfgang Knorr was born on 30 December 1705.
1755
Sammlung von Merckwürdigkeiten der Natur und Alterthümern des Erdbodens is dated 1755.
1761
Georg Wolfgang Knorr died on 17 September 1761.
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scholarly publication
- Knorr, Georg Wolfgang, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1167823: Georg Wolfgang Knorr
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- “Georg Wolfgang Knorr”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.F. Nicolai. Allgemeine deutsche Bibliothek. 1772.
- 2.Knorr, Georg Wolfgang. Les delices des yeux et de l'esprit, ou, Collection generale des differentes especes de coquillages que la mer renferme. George Wolffgang Knorr. 1764.
- 3.Knorr, Georg Wolfgang. Sammlung von Merckwürdigkeiten der Natur und Alterthümern des Erdbodens, welche petrificirte Cörper enthält. Gedruckt bey A. Bieling. 1755.
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Knorr, Georg Wolfgang, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1167823: Georg Wolfgang KnorrWikimedia Foundation
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Georg Wolfgang Knorr was born on 30 December 1705.
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