Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger [SEP] date of birth
Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger
Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (19 November 1775 – 10 May 1813) was a German entomologist and zoologist.
Illiger was the son of a merchant in Braunschweig. He studied under the entomologist Johann Hellwig, and later worked on the zoological collections of Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg. Illiger was professor and director of the "zoological museum" (which is the Natural History Museum of Berlin in the present day) from its formation in 1810 until his death.
He was the author of ""Prodromus systematis
de la Syrie"
- 1811 – Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger published "Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium" in which he proposed the review of the Linnean system and firmly established the concept of the Family earlier proposed by François Marie Daudin. Illiger is considered the founder of the School of Nomenclatural Purists.
- 1812–13 – Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler describes new birds in "Naturgeschichte Deutschlands" begun by Johann Matthäus Bechstein. One is the little stint
- 1812 – Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia founded.
- 1815 –