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Laurens Theodorus Gronovius

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20: 201: 70:, in which he described over 200 species of fish. He is also credited with developing a technique for preservation of fish skins. Today, a number of these preserved specimens are kept in the 289: 304: 231: 168:"The Gronovius fish collection: a catalogue and historical account", (with Alwyne C Wheeler; British Museum (Natural History, 1958). 255: 71: 299: 155:
Zoophylacium Gronovianum: exhibens animalia quadrupeda, amphibia, pisces, insecta, vermes, mollusca, testacea, et zoophyta
147: 284: 86: 294: 50: 161:"Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow now in the British museum", (with 64:, where he played a significant role in the classification of fishes. In 1754 he published the treatise 279: 274: 178:"This article is based on a translation of an equivalent article at the French Knowledge (XXG)". 227: 99: 162: 105: 23:
Gronovius with his two young sons. Portrait by Isaac L. la Fargue van Nieuwland (1775)
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and botanical specimens. He is especially remembered for his work in the field of
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Museum ichthyologicum sistens piscium indigenarum and quorundam exoticorum
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Gronovius is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of lizard,
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Throughout his lifetime Gronovius amassed an extensive collection of
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Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011).
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In 1762 he published the second edition of his father's
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naturalist
Leiden
botanist
Jan Frederik Gronovius
zoological
ichthyology
Natural History Museum
London
Fellow of the Royal Society
Scelotes gronovii
man-of-war fish
Friedrich Christian Meuschen
John Edward Gray
Gronovius Genealogy
"Fellow details"
ISBN
978-1-4214-0135-5
WorldCat title
WorldCat Search
Categories
1730 births
1777 deaths
People from Leiden
18th-century Dutch naturalists
Dutch zoologists
Dutch ichthyologists
Fellows of the Royal Society

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