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Jacob Theodor Klein, the Glossary

Jacob Theodor Klein (nickname Plinius Gedanensium; 15 August 1685 – 27 February 1759) was a German jurist, historian, botanist, zoologist, mathematician and diplomat in service of Polish King August II the Strong.^[1]

35 relations: Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna, Augustus II the Strong, Botanical garden, Botany, Carl Linnaeus, Charles Wager, Danzig Research Society, Diplomat, Duchy of Prussia, Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Gdańsk, Germans, Giulio Cesare Casseri, Herpetology, Historian, Johann Bernoulli, Johann Daniel Titius, Johann Philipp Breyne, Jurist, Kaliningrad, Königsberg, Kleinia, Malleus, Mathematician, Neue Deutsche Biographie, Nicolaes Witsen, Peter Collinson (botanist), Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Royal Society, Russia, Russian Academy of Sciences, Stapes, University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, University of Königsberg, Zoology.
18th-century German lawyers
18th-century German zoologists
Diplomats of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Scientists from Gdańsk

Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna

The Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna (Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna) is an academic society in Bologna, Italy, that was founded in 1690 and prospered in the Age of Enlightenment.

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Augustus II the Strong

Augustus II the Strong (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733), was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 until his death in 1733.

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Botanical garden

A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms botanic and botanical and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens.

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Botany

Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.

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Charles Wager

Admiral Sir Charles Wager (24 February 1666 – 24 May 1743) was an English Royal Navy officer and politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1733 to 1742.

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Danzig Research Society

The Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Danzig (translated Danzig Research Society, Societas Physicae Experimentalis, Gdańskie Towarzystwo Przyrodnicze) was a scientific organization, founded in 1743 in Danzig (Gdańsk), Poland, which continued in existence until 1936.

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Diplomat

A diplomat (from δίπλωμα; romanized diploma) is a person appointed by a state, intergovernmental, or nongovernmental institution to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or international organizations.

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Duchy of Prussia

The Duchy of Prussia (Herzogtum Preußen, Księstwo Pruskie, Prūsijos kunigaikštystė) or Ducal Prussia (Herzogliches Preußen; Prusy Książęce) was a duchy in the region of Prussia established as a result of secularization of the Monastic Prussia, the territory that remained under the control of the State of the Teutonic Order until the Protestant Reformation in 1525.

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Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Frederick (Friedrich) Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (May 10, 1711 in Weferlingen – February 26, 1763 in Bayreuth), was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.

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Gdańsk

Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

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Germans

Germans are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language.

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Giulio Cesare Casseri

Giulio Cesare Casseri (1552 – 8 March 1616), also written as Giulio Casser, Giulio Casserio of Piacenza or Latinized as Iulius Casserius Placentinus, Giulio Casserio, was an Italian anatomist.

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Herpetology

Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν herpetón, meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians (gymnophiona)) and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, amphisbaenids, turtles, terrapins, tortoises, crocodilians, and tuataras).

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Historian

A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it.

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Johann Bernoulli

Johann Bernoulli (also known as Jean in French or John in English; – 1 January 1748) was a Swiss mathematician and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family.

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Johann Daniel Titius

Johann Daniel Titius (born Johann Daniel Tietz(e), 2 January 1729 – 16 December 1796) was a German astronomer and a professor at Wittenberg. Jacob Theodor Klein and Johann Daniel Titius are people from Royal Prussia.

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Johann Philipp Breyne

Johann Philipp Breyne FRS (9 August 1680 – 12 December 1764) was a German-Polish botanist, palaeontologist, zoologist and entomologist. Jacob Theodor Klein and Johann Philipp Breyne are German entomologists, people from Royal Prussia and Scientists from Gdańsk.

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Jurist

A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyzes and comments on law.

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Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad (p), known as Königsberg until 1946 (ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbʲerk; Królewiec), is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave between Lithuania and Poland.

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Königsberg

Königsberg (Królewiec, Karaliaučius, Kyonigsberg) is the historic German and Prussian name of the medieval city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia.

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Kleinia

Kleinia is a genus of African flowering plants in the sunflower family.

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Malleus

The malleus, or hammer, is a hammer-shaped small bone or ossicle of the middle ear.

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Mathematician

A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.

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Neue Deutsche Biographie

Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB; literally New German Biography) is a biographical reference work.

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Nicolaes Witsen

Nicolaes Witsen (8 May 1641 – 10 August 1717; Nicolaas Witsen) was a Dutch statesman who was mayor of Amsterdam thirteen times, between 1682 and 1706.

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Peter Collinson (botanist)

Peter Collinson FRS (January 1694 – 11 August 1768) was an English gardener, botanist and horticulturist.

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Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Poland–Lithuania, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and also referred to as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth or the First Polish Republic, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch in real union, who was both King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.

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Royal Society

The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Russian Academy of Sciences

The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk) consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such as libraries, publishing units, and hospitals.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Theodor_Klein

Jacob Theodor Klein, the Glossary

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18th-century German lawyers

18th-century German zoologists

Diplomats of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Scientists from Gdańsk

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