Friedrich Albrecht Anton Meyer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Friedrich Albrecht Anton Meyer

German physician and naturalist (1768–1795)

Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1768

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany

Date of Death: 29-Nov-1795

Profession: naturalist, physicist, zoologist, ornithologist, ichthyologist

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Friedrich Albrecht Anton Meyer (29 June 1768 – 29 November 1795) was a German doctor and naturalist.
His academic thesis in Göttingen was Dissertatio inauguralis medico-therapeutica De cortice angusturae. He wrote, in 1793, Systematisch-summarische Uebersicht der neuesten zoologischen Entdeckungen in Neuholland und Afrika, a work on African fauna, especially primates and birds.
His classification of reptiles, Synopsis reptilium, novam ipsorum sistens generum methodum, nec non Gottingensium huius ordinis animalium enumerationem, was published in 1795.