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Albert Günther
Sign in to saveAlso known as Günther, Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther, Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, Albert C. L. G. Gunther, A.C.L.G. Günther, A. C. L. G. Günther
Anglo-German zoologist (1830–1914)
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Albert Günther (1830–1914) was a zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist who served as a curator at the British Museum and the Natural History Museum. Born in Esslingen am Neckar, he was educated at the University of Tübingen and held citizenship in the Kingdom of Württemberg and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He died at Kew Gardens, London.
Günther was a member of the Royal Society, the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and the Zoological Society of London. He received the Royal Medal and the Linnean Medal. His notable works include the *Catalogue of the Acanthopterygian Fishes in the Collection of the British Museum*, the *Guide to the Galleries of Reptiles and Fishes in the Department of Zoology of the British Museum (Natural History)*, and the *Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum*. He wrote in English and was the father of Robert Gunther.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Catalogue of Physostomi, Containing the Families Salmonide, Percopside, Galaxide, Mormyride, Gymnarchide, Esocide, Umbride, Scombresocide, Cyprinodont
- Catalogue of the Acanthopterygian Fishes in the Collection of the British Museum -
- Guide to the Galleries of Reptiles and Fishes in the Department of Zoology of the British Museum (Natural History)
- Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 66,784x
- G*Power 3: A flexible statistical power analysis program for the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences
· 2007 · cited 54,672x
- Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.
· 1977 · cited 50,563x
- Statistical power analyses using G*Power 3.1: Tests for correlation and regression analyses
· 2009 · cited 31,402x
- Emergence of Scaling in Random Networks
· 1999 · cited 28,082x
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Key facts
- Born
- Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther , 3 October 1830, Esslingen , Germany
- Died
- 1 February 1914 (1914-02-01) (aged 83), Kew Gardens , Richmond-on-Thames, England
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Education
- University of Tübingen
- Known for
- Description of more than 340 reptile species, Catalogue of Fishes
- Awards
- Linnean Medal (1904)
- Fields
- Zoologist
- Institutions
- British Museum
- Author abbrev zoology
- Günther
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Encyclopedic overview
Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther FRS, also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (3 October 1830 – 1 February 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. Günther is ranked the second-most productive reptile taxonomist (after George Albert Boulenger) with more than 340 reptile species described and the third-most productive fish taxonomist with about 1600 fish species described.
Early life and career
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