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Dec 08, 1745 Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany Died on 15 Mar 1802 (aged 56)
German entomologist
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About Johann Christian Gerning
- Johann Christian Gerning (1745–1802) was a German banker, art collector, and entomologist. Gerning lived in Frankfurt.
- His insect collection was given to Museum Wiesbaden in 1829 by his son Johann Isaak von Gerning.
- It is beautifully conserved and contains insects given to the Gerning family by Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717).
- Many entomologists worked on the collection and it contains the specimens they based species descriptions on (holotypes).He was a correspondent of the philosopher Johann Georg Hamann.
