Friedrich Strack, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German ornithologist
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Place of Birth: Roßleben, Thuringia, Germany
About Friedrich Strack
- Christian Friedrich Leberecht Strack (24 January 1784, Roßleben – 25 July 1852, Bremen) was a German theologist, naturalist and writer.
- He wrote several collections of poems, translated classics into German including the works of Aristotle on animals which was published in several volumes as Naturgeschichte der Thiere.
- Friedrich Strack was born at Roßleben monastery where his father, Friedrich Benignus Ludwig Strack was rector.
- He studied theology at Leipzig in 1799 and became a preacher from 1804.
- He taught in Halle from 1806 and at the Gymnasium at Wertheim from 1810.
- In 1814 he became professor of natural history at Düsseldorf and then headed a preschool in Bremen from 1817.
- He is best known for the illustrated (artist unknown) natural history book Naturgeschichte in Bildern mit erlauterdem (Illustrations of natural history with explanations).
- Volume 1 1819 is devoted to mammals, Volume 2, 1820 to birds Volume 3 1820 to amphibians Volume 4 1826 to fish.
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