Morten Thrane Brünnich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Morten Thrane Brünnich

Danish zoologist and mineralogist

Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1737

Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 19-Sep-1827

Profession: zoologist, lepidopterist, geologist, ornithologist, university teacher, ichthyologist

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Morten Thrane Brünnich (30 September 1737 – 19 September 1827) was a Danish zoologist and mineralogist. Brünnich was born in Copenhagen, the son of a portrait painter.
He studied oriental languages and theology, but soon became interested in natural history.
He contributed his observations of insects to Erik Pontoppidan's Danske Atlas (1763–81).
After being put in charge of the natural history collection of Christian Fleischer he became interested in ornithology, and in 1764 he published Ornithologia Borealis, which included the details of many Scandinavian birds, some described for the first time. The publication of Ornithologia Borealis was aided by his insight in the collection.Brünnich corresponded with many foreign naturalists including Linnaeus, Peter Simon Pallas and Thomas Pennant.
He published his Entomologia in 1764.
He then embarked on a long tour of Europe, spending time studying the fish of the Mediterranean Sea and publishing his Ichthyologia Massiliensis on the subject in 1768. On his return Brünnich took up the post of Lecturer in Natural History and Economy at Copenhagen University.
Here he established a natural history museum and wrote a textbook for his students, the Zoologiae fundamenta. Brünnich's guillemot is named after him.



Alternative names	Jens Jørgensen Juel
Description	Danish portrait painter
Date of birth/death	12 May 1745	27 December 1802
Location of birth/death	Balslev on Funen	Copenhagen
Work location	Copenhagen, Frederiksborg, Hamburg
Authority control	: Q581361 VIAF: 280349 ISNI: 0000 0000 6656 1434 ULAN: 500029867 LCCN: n83120879 WGA: JUEL, Jens Jørgensen WorldCat