Johan Zoëga, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Johan Zoëga

Danish entomologist

Date of Birth: 07-Oct-1742

Date of Death: 29-Dec-1788

Profession: economist, botanist, entomologist

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Johan Zoëga (born 7 October 1742 in Ravsted, Schleswig, died 29 December 1788 (20 Dec.)) was a Danish entomologist and botanist. Zoëga was a friend of Johan Christian Fabricius and a pupil of Carl Linnaeus who specialized in mosses.
He wrote Flora Islandica Soroe, 1772, Kopenhagen et Leipzig 1775.
His cousion was the archaeologist Jörgen Zoega