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Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson

1808–49

German entomologist. Professor extraordinarius and assistant at the zoological museum, University of Berlin. Edited, after 1841, the Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Worked on the Staphylinidae, devising a new classificatory system that he published in 1839–40.

Source

Gilbert 1977, R. F. Smith et al. 1973, p. 129.

Bibliography

Gilbert, Pamela. 1977. A compendium of the biographical literature on deceased entomologists. London: British Museum (Natural History).

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