Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German physician and conchologist
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Place of Birth: Ohrdruf, Thuringia, Germany
About Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini
- Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini (31 August 1729,Ohrdruf – 27 June 1778, Berlin) was a German physician, translator and conchologist. Martini who practised medicine in Hamburg began, in 1769, the richly colour illustrated shell book: Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet published by Gabriel Nikolaus Raspe at Nürnberg.
- But he died after the publication of the third volume.
- His work was continued by Johann Hieronymus Chemnitz (1730–1800) who added eight volumes between 1779 and 1795.
- Even though the work does not use the binomial system both are considered the authors of the new species figured.
- He was a Member of Berlinische Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde.
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