Johann Philipp Breyne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German scientist
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Place of Birth: Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
About Johann Philipp Breyne
- Johann Philipp Breyne FRS (9 August 1680, Danzig (Gdansk), Royal Prussia (a fief of the Crown of Poland) – 12 December 1764, Danzig, Royal Prussia), son of Jacob Breyne (1637–97), was a Polish botanist, palaeontologist, zoologist and entomologist.
- He is best known for his work on the Polish cochineal (Porphyrophora polonica), an insect formerly used in production of red dye.
- Proposed by Hans Sloane, he was elected, on 21 April 1703, a Fellow of the Royal Society.
- He was also a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (after 1715) and the Societas Litteraria (after 1720)
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