| LC control no. | n 85822965 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Günther, Albert C. L. G. (Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf), 1830-1914 |
| Variant(s) | Günther, A. C. L. G., 1830-1914 Günther, Albert, 1830-1914 Günther, Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf, 1830-1914 Günther, Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf, 1830-1914 Günther, Albert Charles Ludwig Gotthilf, 1830-1914 Günther, Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf, 1830-1914 |
| Associated country | Germany Great Britain England |
| Birth date | 1830-10-03 |
| Death date | 1914-02-01 |
| Place of birth | Esslingen am Neckar (Germany) |
| Place of death | Kew (London, England) |
| Field of activity | Reptiles Fishes Animals--Classification |
| Affiliation | British Museum (Natural History) Zoological Society of London Linnaean Society of London Royal Society (Great Britain) Universität Tübingen |
| Profession or occupation | Zoologists Ichthyologists Herpetologists Taxonomists |
| Found in | LCCN 66-9216: Garrett, A. Andrew Garrett's Fische der Südsee, 1966 (hdg.: Günther, Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf, 1830-1914; usage: Albert Günther) LC data base, 6-19-85 (hdg.: Günther, Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf, 1830-1914; usage: Albert C.L.G. Günther) Wikipedia, June 6, 2019 (Albert Günther; Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, FRS, also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther; born 3 October 1830, Esslingen, Germany; died 1 February 1914, Kew; German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist; ranked the second-most productive reptile taxonomist (after George Albert Boulenger), with more than 340 reptile species described; M.D. 1858, University of Tübingen, the same year he published a handbook of zoology for students of medicine; offered work at the British Museum in 1857, beginning with classifying 2000 snake specimens; appointed Keeper of Zoology at the Natural History Museum, a position he held until 1895; elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1867; served on the council of the Zoological Society 1868-1905; elected a fellow of the Linnaean Society in 1877; became a naturalised British citizen in 1874) Nature, 92, 12 February 1914, abstract viewed online June 6, 2019 (Dr. Albert Günther, F.R.S.; Albert Charles Ludwig Gotthilf Günther) Obituary notices of Fellows deceased, vol. 88-B., 1915, viewed online June 6, 2019: page xi (A. C. L. G. Günther, 1830-1914; Albert Günther) |
| Associated language | ger eng |
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