Johann Egger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johann Egger

Austrian entomologist (1804–1866)

Date of Birth: 15-May-1804

Place of Birth: Salzburg

Date of Death: 19-Mar-1866

Profession: entomologist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Johann Nepomuk Georg Egger (15 May 1804, in Salzburg – 19 March 1866, in Vienna), was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Diptera. Egger was a court physician in Vienna. Egger wrote only one scientific papers Egger, J.
1856.
Neue Dipteren-Gattungen und Arten aus der Familie der Tachinarien und Dexiarien nebst einigen andern dipterologischen Bemerkungen.
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Zool-Bot.
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Wien 6: 383-92 but this is an important reference. His collection is conserved in Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna.