Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben

German scientist

Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1744

Place of Birth: Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 19-Aug-1777

Profession: naturalist, physician, veterinarian, university teacher, entomologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (22 June 1744 – 19 August 1777) was a German naturalist from Quedlinburg. Erxleben was professor of physics and veterinary medicine at the University of Göttingen.
He wrote Anfangsgründe der Naturlehre (1772) and Systema regni animalis (1777).
He was founder of the first and oldest academic veterinary school in Germany, the Institute of Veterinary Medicine, in 1771. He was the son of Dorothea Christiane Erxleben, the first woman in Germany to earn a medical degree.