Wagler's Six Ornithological Memoirs From The "Isis" (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Wagler's Six Ornithological Memoirs From The "Isis"Johann georg wagler, whose name is well known to all interested in Herpetology and Ornithology, was born on the 28th of March, 1800, in Nuremberg, where his father was Chancellor of the City Court. After attending the gymnasium of his native city, where he showed a special predilection for Natural History, he began his scientific studies at the University of Erlangen in 1818.On the return of Spix and Martins from their celebrated expedition to Brazil in the following year, Wagler was invited, at the early age of nineteen, to become their Assistant in the Museum of the Academy of Sciences at Munich, and afterwards was made one of their colleagues. In 1820 he obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the University of Leipsic, and in 1825, after he had assisted Spix in most of his zoological works, was sent by King maximilian-joseph on a Special mission to visit the Museums of Holland, England, and France. During this journey Wagler not only made the personal acquaintance of the most eminent naturalists of these countries, but also suc ceeded in obtaining a large number of valuable speci mens for the Museum and Menagerie of Munich. In 1827 Wagler was appointed Professor Extraordinary in the then newly instituted University of Munich, where his excellent lectures, grounded upon his great and varied knowledge, rendered him specially acceptable to his pupils.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.