Coenraad Jacob Temminck and the Emergence of Systematics (1800-1850)

by Maria Eulàlia Gassó Miracle and Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Coenraad Jacob Temminck and the Emergence of Systematics (1800-1850) is the first study to examine in detail the life and work of Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778-1858), the Dutch naturalist who was the first director of 's Rijks Museum van Natuurlijke Historie (National Museum of Natural History) in Leiden, The Netherlands. This study situates Temminck's activities in the context of European natural history during the early to the mid-nineteenth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004419179
• ISBN13: 9789004419179
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"