Christian Friedrich Freyer (1794 - 1885)

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Christian Friedrich Freyer

Christian Friedrich Freyer was a German entomologist.

According to contemporaries, Freyer was a venturesome and tireless collector of scales. He studied and first described 245 species of butterflies, including 193 species of nocturnal moths and 52 species of day butterflies. Freyer's importance as a field entomologist becomes evident from his work Die Falter um Augsburg ("Butterflies in the vicinity of Augsburg"). In it he lists 1,091 species. Freyer also created an international network between renowned European entomologists and involved them in his work.

Date and place of birt:25 august 1794, Wassertrüdingen, Germany
Date and place of death:11 november 1885, Augsburg (Schwaben), Germany
Period of activity: XIX century
Specialization:Biologist, Entomologist, Naturalist, Scientist
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