Lorenz Spengler
Illustration — Lorenz Spengler in 1751 by Carl Gustaf Pilo. Lorenz Spengler (22 September 1720 – 20 December 1807) was a Danish turner and naturalist. He served as director of the Royal Danish Cabinet of Art and Curiosities from 1771 to 1807.
Lorenz Spengler
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- Born
- 1720. · Schaffhausen.
- Died
- 1807. · Copenhagen.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark and Switzerland.
- Occupation
- entomologist, sculptor, naturalist, malacologist, handicrafter and turner.
- Languages
- Danish.
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Early life
Early life
Spengler was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, the son of master builder Johann Conrad Spengler (1676–1748) and Maria Peter (c. 1683–1723).
Career
Career
He arrived at Copenhagen in 1743 and became a tutor to Christian VI of Denmark and later Frederick V of Denmark in the art of turning. From 1771 he was head of the Royal Art Chamber (Det Kongelige Kunstkammer), a position he held until his death in 1807. Among his works is "Beskrivelse og Oplysning over den hindindtil lidet udarbeidede Sloegt af mangeskallede Konchylier som Linnaeus har kaldet Lepas med tilfoiede nye og ubeskrevne Arter ", a treatise on shelled molluscs including many new species descriptions, of which six taxa are still valid. Spengler maintained a personal natural history collection, the Museo Spengleriano. Spengler is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of Southeast Asian turtle, Geoemyda spengleri. He is also celebrated in the common name of the Spengler's freshwater mussel, Margaritifera auricularia.
Personal life
Personal life
On 30 July 1756, in the German Reformed Church, in Copenhagen, Spengler was wed to Gertrud Sabina Trott (1739-1789). She was the daughter of customs official Johan Caspar Trott (1701–61) and Bernhardine Munzinger (ca. 1708–74). Her father was from Saxony and her mother was from Basel. His son Johan Conrad Spengler succeeded him as director of the Royal Danish Cabinet of Art and Curiosities in 1807. The daughter Bernhardine Frölich (Spengler) (1758-1813) wasmarried to the merchant Johan Jacob Frölich (1746-1801). Rge daughter Juliane Marie Spengler (1765-1799) was married to minister of the German Reformed congregation in Copenhagen Ferdinand Louis Mourier (1754-1831).
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Lorenz Spengler is recorded as entomologist, sculptor, naturalist, malacologist and handicrafter.
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1720
Lorenz Spengler born at Schaffhausen.
1807
Lorenz Spengler died at Copenhagen.
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- 1.Lorenz Spengler. Dansk biografisk leksikon.
- 2.Spengler, L. Beskrivelse og Oplysning over den hindindtil lidet udarbeidede Sloegt af mangeskallede Konchylier som Linnaeus har kaldet Lepas med tilfoiede nye og ubeskrevne Arter. Skrivter Af Naturhistorie-Selskabet. 1. 158–212. 1790.
- 3.Kaas, P. Lorentz Spengler's descriptions of chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Zoologische Mededelingen. 66. 3. 49–90. 1992.
- 4.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Spengler", p. 250).
- 5.Johan Conrad Spengler. Dansk biografisk leksikon.
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