Johann Christian Albers (13 March 1795, Bremen – September 1857, Stuttgart) [1] was a German physician and malacologist.
Johann Christian Albers | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 March 1795 Bremen, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | September 1857 Stuttgart |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation(s) | Physician and malacologist |
During his career, he served as Medicinalrath and Regierungsrath in Berlin.[2] As a zoologist, he was the taxonomic authority of the land snail family Orthalicidae[3] and of numerous land snail genera, including: Napaeus, Diaphera, Amphidromus, Scutalus, Drymaeus and Opeas.[4]
In the field of medicine, Albers published an edition from Karl August Wilhelm Berends' "Vorlesungen über die praktische Arzneiwissenschaft" ("Lectures on practical medical science") with the title "Handbuch der Nervenkrankheiten" (1840).[5]
Principal works
edit- Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet, 1850 – The helicids by natural affinity, arranged systematically.
- Malacographia Maderensis sive enumeratio molluscorum..., 1854 – Malacography of Madeira, or an enumeration of the mollusks of the islands of Madeira, both living and fossil
- Malacografia Maderensis, 1854 (Italian publication).[6]
References
edit- ^ Google Books Moniteur des dates: Contenant un million de renseignements biographiques
- ^ Bibdigital.rjb Imagenes
- ^ GBIF Archived 2017-04-11 at the Wayback Machine Orthalicidae
- ^ Animalbase List of all taxa, sorted by author.
- ^ HathiTrust Handbuch der Nervenkrankheiten
- ^ WorldCat Identities