Johann_Ludwig_Christ

Johann Ludwig Christ

Johann Ludwig Christ

German naturalist, gardener and pastor

Johann Ludwig Christ (18 October 1739, in Öhringen – 19 November 1813, in Kronberg im Taunus)[1] was a German naturalist, gardener, and pastor.

1872 portrait of Johann Ludwig Christ
Title page of Christ's Anweisung zur nützlichsten und angenehmsten Bienenzucht für alle Gegenden

He was a specialist in the Hymenoptera. In 1791 he published Naturgeschichte, Klassifikation und Nomenklatur der Insekten vom Bienen, Wespen und Ameisengeschlecht. In 1791, he described Polistes dominula. He also studied fruit trees and wrote Vollständige Pomologie (2 volumes, 1809–1822).

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References

  1. [1]
    Obituary in the church book of Kronberg 1813.
  • Helmut Bode: Johann Ludwig Christ. Pfarrer, Naturforscher, Ökonom, Bienenzüchter und Pomologe 1739–1813. Frankfurt am Main 1984, ISBN 3-7829-0291-2
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