!!!Heckel, Johann Jakob

b. Mannheim, Germany, Jan. 23, 1790, 
d. Vienna, March 1, 1857, zoologist. Instrumental in establishing 
the renown of ichthyology as an academic discipline in Austria; from 
1820 at the ''Hof-Naturalienkabinett'' in Vienna, whose fish 
collection was greatly enlarged on account of his work..

!Works
Die Suesswasserfische der oesterreichischen Monarchie, 1858 
(with R. Kner); numerous publications on the fishes of the Near East.

!Literature
Oesterreichisches Biographisches Lexikon



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