Johann Christian Albers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Johann Christian Albers

German malacologist

Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1795

Place of Birth: Bremen, Germany

Date of Death: 27-Sep-1857

Profession: physician, university teacher, botanist, malacologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Johann Christian Albers

  • Johann Christian Albers (13 March 1795, Bremen – September 1857, Stuttgart) was a German physician and malacologist. During his career, he served as Medicinalrath and Regierungsrath in Berlin.
  • As a zoologist, he was the taxonomic authority of the land snail family Orthalicidae and of numerous land snail genera, including: Napaeus, Diaphera, Amphidromus, Scutalus, Drymaeus and Opeas.In the field of medicine, Albers published an edition from Karl August Wilhelm Berends' "Vorlesungen über die praktische Arzneiwissenschaft" ("Lectures on practical medical science") with the title "Handbuch der Nervenkrankheiten" (1840).

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