Jacob Theodor Klein
Prussian scholar (1685-1759) · Academics · Died at 73
Jacob Theodor Klein was a German jurist, historian, botanist, zoologist, mathematician and diplomat in service of Polish King August II the Strong.
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A portrait of Klein, from his time as Secretary of Danzig, featured in Historiae Piscium Naturalis
An illustration of Klein's botanical garden by Johann Mentzel (1750), featured on the title page of Klein's Historiae Avium Prodromus
Illustrations from Historiae Piscium Naturalis
The title page of Klein's work on the natural history of fishes, Historiae Piscium Naturalis. Just above the illustration (inspired by a scene from Virgil's Aeneid) is a quote from the Aeneid which may be translated as: “He spoke; and all the choir of Nereids and of Phorcus, and the virgin Panopea, heard him from beneath the depths.”Awards
About this person
He established a botanical garden and menagerie in Danzig apart from setting up a cabinet of natural history known as the Museum Kleinianum which he filled with specimens collected through a wide network.
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1685 to 1759 · aged 73
