Gerard Krefft
Sign in to saveAlso known as Johann Ludwig Krefft, Louis Krefft, Johan Ludwig Gerard Krefft, Johan Louis Gerard Krefft, Krefft, Johann Louis Gerhard Krefft, G. Krefft, J. L. G. Krefft
German-Australian zoologist and palaeontologist (1830-1881)
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It sits within the topics 1830 births, 1881 deaths and 19th-century Australian illustrators.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1830
- Died
- 1881
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Two papers on the vertebrata of the Lower Murray and Darling, and on the snakes of Sydney, read before the Philosophical Society of New South Wales, 10th September, 1862
- Australian Vertebrata, fossil and Recent
- The mammals of Australia
- The snakes of Australia
- The snakes of Australia
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gerhard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Duchy of Brunswick
- Place of birth
- Brunswick
- Place of death
- Sydney
- Employer
- Australian Museum
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- paleontology
- Image
- Krefft Gerard 1830-1881.png
- Work location
- Melbourne
Show 12 more facts
- author citation (zoology)
- Krefft
- P6944
- Gerard Krefft
- Commons category
- Gerard Krefft
- date of birth
- 1830-02-17
- name in native language
- Johann Ludwig Gerard Krefft
- date of death
- 1880-02-18
- described by source
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- writing language
- English language
- relative
- Gerhard Krefft
- significant person
- Richard Owen
- collection items at
- Natural History Museum
- archives at
- Australian Museum
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natural history
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ichthyology
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herpetology
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Queensland lungfish
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biology
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astronomy
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Charles Darwin
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Sydney
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ecology
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Ursidae
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Categories
1830 births1881 deaths19th-century Australian illustrators19th-century Australian public servants19th-century Australian scientistsAustralian curatorsAustralian ichthyologistsAustralian naturalistsAustralian paleontologistsAustralian scientific illustratorsAustralian zoologistsColony of New South Wales peopleCritics of creationismDirectors of museums in AustraliaExplorers of AustraliaFellows of the Linnean Society of LondonGerman emigrants to AustraliaPeople from the Duchy of BrunswickScientists from BraunschweigZoologists with author abbreviations