| Johann Friedrich Naumann | |
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Prof. Dr. Johann Friedrich Naumann |
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| Born | 14 February 1780 |
| Died | 15 August 1857 (aged 77) |
| Resting place | Prosigk |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Ornithologist |
Johann Friedrich Naumann (14 February 1780 – 15 August 1857) was a German scientist and editor. He is regarded as the founder of scientific ornithology in Europe. He published The Natural History of German Birds (1820–1844) and The Eggs of German Birds (1818–1828). His father Johann Andreas Naumann (1744-1826) was a naturalist and his brother Carl Andreas Naumann (1786–1854) was also an ornithologist.
The German ornithological society named their journal Naumannia, being that the Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) was also named after him.
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Johann Friedrich Naumann was born in Ziebigk, about 10 km south-east of Köthen, on 14 Feruary 1780, as the son of Johann Andreas Naumann, a well known ornithologist. After attending school at Dessau he returned home and devoted himself to the study of agriculture, botany, geology and ornithology, Later he turned his attention to ornithology and especially the study of the birds of Germany, embodying his observations in a work entitled Naturgetehicku der Vogel DeuttMandt 13 vols, Leipzig (1822), embellished by plates of a large number of birds which he engraved himself.[1] He was also the author of many other ornithological works.[2]
In 1821 he sold his bird collection to Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen for 2.000 Taler and was appointed its curator at the same time.The collection which is in the Ferdinandsbau in Schloss (Castle) Köthen has been on view to the public since 1835.