| Johann Christian Erxleben | |
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Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744-1777)
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| Born | June 22, 1744 Quedlinburg |
| Died | August 19, 1777 Göttingen |
| Fields | Naturalist |
| Institutions | University of Göttingen |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
| Doctoral advisor | Abraham Gotthelf Kästner |
| Doctoral students | Christian von Weigel |
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He was the son of Dorothea Christiane Erxleben. |
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Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (22 June 1744 – 19 August 1777) was a German naturalist from Quedlinburg.
Erxleben was Professor of physics and veterinary medicine at the University of Göttingen. He wrote Anfangsgründe der Naturlehre and Systema regni animalis (1777). He was founder of the first and oldest academic Veterinary School in Germany, the Institute of Veterinary Medicine, in 1771.
He was Dorothea Christiane Erxleben's son, who was the first woman in Germany to be promoted to a medical doctor.