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Ludwig Redtenbacher (June 10, 1814, in Kirchdorf an der Krems, Austria - February 8, 1876, in Vienna) was an Austrian doctor and entomologist mainly interested in beetles. He was the brother of the chemist Josef Redtenbacher (1810-1870). From 1833 to 1838, he studied medicine at the University of Vienna, becoming a salaried trainee in 1840. In 1843, he earned his medical doctorate, afterwards working as an assistant with the entomological collection of the ''Hofnaturalienkabinett'' (from 1847).〔(''Austrian Biographical Encyclopaedia 1815-1950'' (ABL) ) Volume 9 Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , pp. 14〕 In 1851, he became a professor of zoology in Prague and, from 1860, he was director of the Vienna Natural History Museum. Although Redtenbacher worked mainly on the[beetles of Austria, his new approach to classification or, in German, "''analytischen''" was widely adopted. He is also significant for his work involving beetles collected on the voyage of the ''Novara'', an Austrian frigate that went on a round-the-world scientific expedition between 1857 and 1859. He also described many of the beetles collected by Ida Pfeiffer (1797-1858). He wrote the entomological portion of Joseph Russegger's ''Reisen in Europa, Asien und Afrika'' (Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa).〔[http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Redtenbacher,_Ludwig Biography] @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie〕 The ''Redtenbachergasse'' in the Viennese districts of Ottakring and Hernals was named in his honor in 1894. == Literary works == His most significant works were: * ''Die Gattungen der deutschen Käfer-Fauna nach der analytischen Methode'', 1845 - Genera of German beetle fauna via the "analytical method".〔(AEIOU Encyclopedia ) (biography)〕 * ''Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858,1859 unter den befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil''. Zweiter Band: Coleopteren. 249 pp., illus. (1868) * ''Fauna Austriaca. Die Käfer, nach der analytischen Methode'' bearbeitet. Wien : Karl Gerold 1st Edn. xxvii 883 pp. (1849). Second expanded and revised edition 1858, third edition 1874. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ludwig Redtenbacher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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