Anton Heinrich August Lichtenstein

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Anton Heinrich August Lichtenstein

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Birthplace: Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany
Death: February 17, 1816 (62)
Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Son of Joachim Dietrich Lichtenstein and Hedwig Louise Lichtenstein
Husband of Magdelene Henriette Louise von Lichtenstein
Father of Johanna Marie Christiane Bernewitz; Prof. Martin Carl Heinrich von Lichtenstein; Catharina Lucie Sophie Hoffmeister; Johann Nikolaus Lichtenstein and Johann George August Lichtenstein
Half brother of Friedrich Johann Peter von von Lichtenstein

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About Anton Heinrich August Lichtenstein

Anton August Heinrich Lichtenstein was a German zoologist. He was the father of Martin Hinrich Carl Lichtenstein.

He studied theology, philosophy, natural history and Oriental studies in Helmstadt, Göttingen and Leipzig, and from 1782 onwards, was rector of the Johanneum in Hamburg. In 1794, he also took on the job of city librarian. Later, he relocated to the University of Helmstedt, where he served as a professor of theology (1798-1810) and Greek language (1804-1810).

He was the author of Catalogus Rerum Naturalium Rarissimarum (1793) and Catalogus Musei zoologici ditissimi Hamburgi (1796), and contributed to Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst's Natursystem der ungeflügelten Insekten (1797).

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Anton Heinrich August Lichtenstein's Timeline

1753
August 25, 1753
Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany
1780
January 10, 1780
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
1781
October 7, 1781
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
1783
May 26, 1783
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
1787
March 4, 1787
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
March 4, 1787
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
1816
February 17, 1816
Age 62
Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany