Georg Friedrich von Jäger

An older brother was Carl Christoph Friedrich von Jäger (1773–1828), and he was introduced to natural history at an early age.

Georg Friedrich went to study medicine at the Tübingen University, receiving a degree in 1808.

After travels through Switzerland and France (where Cuvier allowed him to study collections at the Jardin des Plantes) he returned to practice medicine in Stuttgart, and in 1817 he became a director of the royal natural history cabinet.

In 1824 he published on ichthyosaurs and plant fossils discovered by Albert Mohr.

[1] A species of South American snake, Erythrolamprus jaegeri, is named in his honor.