Johann Heinrich Kaltenbach Explained

Johann Heinrich Kaltenbach (30 October 1807, Cologne  - 20 May 1876, Aachen), was a German naturalist and entomologist mainly interested in pest species. He was a teacher in Aachen.

Important works

• Monographie der Familien der Pflanzenläuse (Phytophthires); Aachen, In Commission der Roschütz'schen Buchandlung (1843) - Monograph on families of plant lice.^[1]
• "Die deutschen Phytophagen aus der Klasse der Insekten. Fortsetzung. Alphabetisches Verzeichniss der deutschen Pflanzengattungen (Buchstabe B)." Verh. Naturforsch. Ver. Preuss. Rheinl. Westfalens 15: 77–161.(1858).
• Die Pflanzenfeinde aus der Klasse der Insekten. Ein nach Pflanzenfamilien geordnetes Handbuch sammtlicher auf den einheimischen Pflanzen bisher beobachteten Insekten zum Gebrauch fhr Entomologen, Insektensammler, Botaniker, Land- und Forstwirthe und Gartenfreunde. Hoffman, Stuttgart. viii + 848 p.([1872]). Issued in 3 parts; though dated as 1874 on the cover, p. 1-288 were published in 1872.

In the field of botany, Kaltenbach was the author of Flora des Aachener Beckens (Flora of the Aachen basin), a book in which he identified almost 800 phanerogams.^{[2] [3]}

External links

• Koleopterologie German biography with portrait.

Sources

Osborn, H. 1952: A Brief History of Entomology Including Time of Demosthenes and Aristotle to Modern Times with over Five Hundred Portraits. Columbus, Ohio, The Spahr & Glenn Company: 1-303

Notes and References

1. https://archive.org/details/CUbiodiversity1124648 Archive.org
2. http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz39635.html Kaltenbach, Johann Heinrich
3. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27832070 WorldCat Title