Friedrich Albrecht Anton Meyer
German physician and naturalist (1768–1795)
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| Intro | German physician and naturalist (1768–1795) | |
| A.K.A. | Meyer | |
| A.K.A. | Meyer | |
| Places | Holy Roman Empire | |
| is | Scientist Physicist Naturalist Zoologist | |
| Work field | Biology Science Social science | |
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| Death | 29 November 1795 |
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Friedrich Albrecht Anton Meyer (29 June 1768 – 29 November 1795) was a German doctor and naturalist.
His academic thesis in Göttingen was Dissertatio inauguralis medico-therapeutica De cortice angusturae.
He wrote, in 1793, Systematisch-summarische Uebersicht der neuesten zoologischen Entdeckungen in Neuholland und Afrika, a work on African fauna, especially primates and birds.
His classification of reptiles, Synopsis reptilium, novam ipsorum sistens generum methodum, nec non Gottingensium huius ordinis animalium enumerationem, was published in 1795.