Johann Christian Mikan
Johann Christian Mikan (born 5 December 1769 in Teplitz, died 28 December 1844 in Prague) was a botanist, zoologist and entomologist. He was born in Bohemia. He was the son of Joseph Gottfried Mikan.[1]
Career
Mikan was a professor of natural history at the University of Prague.[2] He was one of three leading naturalists on the Austrian Brazil Expedition.[3]
He wrote Monographia Bombyliorum Bohemiæ, iconibus illustrata in 1796, Entomologische Beobachtungen, Berichtigungen und Entdeckungen in 1797, and Delectus Florae et Faunae Brasiliensis, etc. in 1820.[4] Mikan described many new species, including the black lion tamarin.
Mikan is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of South American snake, Dipsas mikanii.[5]
The genus Mikania Willd. (Asteraceae) was named for his father Joseph Gottfried Mikan (1743–1814), professor of botany and chemistry at the Prague University.
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See also
Bibliography
References
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Further reading
- Anonymous (1852). [Mikan, J. C.] Lotos 2: 63–65.
- Eiselt JN (1836). Geschichte, Systematik und Literatur der Insectenkunde, von den ältesten Zeiten bis auf die Gegenwart. Als Handbuch für den Jünger und als Repertorium für den Meister der Entomologie bearbeitet. Leipzig: C. H. F. Hartmann. (in German).
- Evenhuis NL (1997). Litteratura taxonomica dipterorum (1758–1930). Volume 1 (A-K); Volume 2 (L-Z). Leiden. (in Latin).
- Stearn T (1956). "Mikan's Delectus Florae et Faunae Brasiliensis ". J. Soc. Bibliog.Nat. Hist. 3 (3): 135–136 Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers"..
External links
- Detailed biography in the Neue deutsche Biographie.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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- Botanists from Bohemia
- 19th-century Austrian zoologists
- Czech zoologists
- Czech entomologists
- Austrian entomologists
- Zoologists from the Austrian Empire
- Botanists from the Austrian Empire
- Czech people from the Austrian Empire
- 18th-century Austrian botanists
- People from Teplice
- 1769 births
- 1844 deaths
- 18th-century Austrian zoologists