Morten Thrane Brünnich
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 197 years ago |
Date of birth | September 30,1737 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Copenhagen |
Denmark | |
Date of died | September 19,1827 |
Died | Copenhagen |
Denmark | |
Parents | Andreas Brünniche |
Job | Geologist |
Ichthyologist | |
Ornithologist | |
Lepidopterist | |
Education | Copenhagen University |
Books | Andreas Brünniche |
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ID | 1641791 |
Morten Thrane Brünnich Life story
Morten Thrane Brünnich was a Danish zoologist and mineralogist. Brünnich was born in Copenhagen, the son of a portrait painter. He studied oriental languages and theology, but soon became interested in natural history. He contributed his observations of insects to Erik Pontoppidan's Danske Atlas.