Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger

Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger
Born (1775-11-19)19 November 1775
Braunschweig
Died 10 May 1813(1813-05-10) (aged 37)
Berlin
Nationality German
Fields
Institutions Humboldt Museum

Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (19 November 1775 – 10 May 1813) was a German entomologist and zoologist.

Illiger was the son of a merchant in Braunschweig. He studied under the entomologist Johann Hellwig, and later worked on the zoological collections of Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg.[1] Illiger was professor and director of the zoological museum in Berlin from its formation in 1810 until his death.[2][3]

He was the author of "Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium" (1811), which was an overhaul of the Linnaean system.[4][5] It was a major influence on the adoption of the concept of the "family". He also edited the "Magazin für Insektenkunde", widely known as "Illiger's Magazine".[6]

In 1811 he introduced the taxonomic order Proboscidea for elephants, the American mastodon and the wooly mammoth.[7] He also described the subspecies Odobenus rosmarus divergens, commonly known as the Pacific walrus.[8] Illiger's macaw (Promolius maracana; Vieillot, 1816) and Illiger's saddle-back tamarin (Saguinus fuscicollis illigeri; Pucheran, 1845) commemorate his name.[9] The botanical genus Illigera (family Hernandiaceae) also bears his name.[10]

Published works

References

  1. ↑ Illiger, Karl at Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
  2. ↑ ON A COLLECTION OF BIRDS FROM GEORGIA AND CAROLINA MADE ABOUT 1810 BY JOHN ABBOT The Auk, volume 70. April 1953
  3. ↑ Illiger, Karl In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5, S. 138 f.
  4. ↑ Limonia - Massachusetts, Volume 14
  5. ↑ Ray Society, Issue 11
  6. ↑ Magazine of Natural History, Volume 8 edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson
  7. ↑ Mammals of Africa, Volumes 1-6 by Jonathan Kingdon, David Happold, Thomas Butynski, Michael Hoffmann, Meredith Happold, Jan Kalina
  8. ↑ Odobenus rosmarus divergens WoRMS taxon details
  9. ↑ The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson
  10. ↑ Medicinal Plants of China, Korea, and Japan by Christophe Wiart
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