Ludwig Thienemann

Friedrich August Ludwig Thienemann ( 25 December 1793, Freyburg – 24 June 1858, Dresden) was a German physician and naturalist.

He graduated as a doctor in 1819 and then travelled in Europe for two years, spending thirteen months in Iceland.

In 1822, he moved to Leipzig, where he taught zoology in the university and he became curator the natural history collections in Dresden (Kustos Naturalien- sammlungen now in Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden) in 1825.

During his career, he amassed a collection of 2000 bird nests and 5000 eggs from 1200 species.

[2] He later published his most famous work, titled "Fortpflanzungsgeschichte der gesammten Vögel nach dem gegenwärtigen Standpunkte der Wissenschaft" (Reproductive history of birds from a standpoint of current science), issued in ten parts from 1845 to 1856.