Johann Heinrich Blasius

In 1840, he founded the Botanischer Garten der Technischen Universität Braunschweig.

He was the author of two major books on vertebrates: "Fauna der Wirbelthiere Deutschlands" (1857), and "Die wirbelthiere Europa's" (Vertebrates of Europe, with Alexander Keyserling, 1840).

He also wrote "Reise im Europäischen Russland in den Jahren 1840 und 1851" (Journey to European Russia in the years 1840 & 1851).

In 1862 ornithologist Alfred Newton (1829–1907) published "A list of the birds of Europe", a translation based on Blasius' research.

[1] Blasius was also an early contemporary critic of Darwin's Origin of Species:

Relief of Johann Heinrich Blasius in the Botanical Garden Braunschweig