Johann Kaspar Füssli
Illustration — Johann Kaspar Füssli Johann Kaspar Füssli, also written Johann Caspar Fuesslin, or Fuessly (9 March 1743 – 4 May 1786), was a Swiss painter, entomologist and publisher. He was born in Zurich, the son of Johann Caspar Füssli (1706–1782) and Anna Elisabeth Waser. He was thus the brother of Henry Fuseli (Johann Heinrich Füssli, 1745–1825).
Also recorded as Hans Caspar, the younger Füssli · Füssli · Johann Caspar Fuessli · Fuessly
Johann Kaspar Füssli
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- Died
- 1786 · Winterthur.
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Occupation
- painter · entomologist · librarian
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Illustration — Johann Kaspar Füssli Johann Kaspar Füssli, also written Johann Caspar Fuesslin, or Fuessly (9 March 1743 – 4 May 1786), was a Swiss painter, entomologist and publisher. He was born in Zurich, the son of Johann Caspar Füssli (1706–1782) and Anna Elisabeth Waser. He was thus the brother of Henry Fuseli (Johann Heinrich Füssli, 1745–1825).
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1743
Johann Kaspar Füssli born at Zurich.
1778
Magazin für die Liebhaber der Entomologie is dated 1778.
1786
Johann Kaspar Füssli died at Winterthur.
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He married twice: to Verena Störi in 1770, and Anna Elisabeth Kilchsperger in 1774. The only spider species he described (as Fuesslin, 1775) that is accepted As of 2025 February is the "daddy long-legs spider", Pholcus phalangioides, also known as the "cellar spider", which he called Aranea phalangoides. Aranea longipes, which he described in the same work, is now considered to be synonym of Tegenaria domestica, first described by C. Clerck in 1757. He died, aged 43, in Winterthur.
• Verzeichnis der ihm bekannten Schweitzerischen Inseckten (1775), * * • Neue Magazin für Liebhaber der Entomologie (1781–86).
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 6146805-8, Johann Kaspar Füssli II. Nachfolger.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 6146805-8, Johann Kaspar Füssli II. Nachfolger.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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