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Johann Heinrich Blasius

1809–70

German ornithologist and zoologist. Professor of natural history, Collegium Carolinum, Brunswick, 1836–70. Founder and director of the natural history museum in Brunswick from 1859 or later.

Sources

ADB

DBE

NDB.

Bibliography

ADB: Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Royal Academy of Sciences. 56 vols. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. 1875–1912.

DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.

NDB: Neue deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 27 vols. (A–Wettiner) to date. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 1953–.

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