Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller

Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller (25 April 1725 – 5 January 1776) was a German zoologist.

Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller
Born	(1725-04-25)25 April 1725 Esens, Lower Saxony, Germany
Died	5 January 1776(1776-01-05) (aged 50) Erlangen, Germany
Known for	German translation of Linnaeus's Natursystem; scientific classification for a number of various species
Scientific career
Fields	Zoology, entomology
Institutions	Erlangen, Germany
Author abbrev. (zoology)	Statius Müller or P.L.S. Müller

Statius Müller was born in Esens, and was a professor of natural science at Erlangen. Between 1773 and 1776, he published a German translation of Linnaeus's Natursystem. The supplement in 1776 contained the first scientific classification for a number of species, including the dugong, guanaco, potto, tricolored heron, umbrella cockatoo, red-vented cockatoo, and the enigmatic hoatzin. He was also an entomologist.

Müller died in Erlangen.

Works

• Statius Müller, P. L. 1776. Des Ritters Carl von Linné Königlich Schwedischen Leibarztes &c. &c. vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs. Mit einer ausführlichen Erklärung. Nebst drey Kupfertafeln.Nürnberg. (Raspe).

References

• Anonymous (1776). "Kurze Lebensgeschichte des verstorbenen Herrn Prof. Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, öffentlichen Lehrers der Naturgeschichte und der Deutschen Litteratur, auch Archidiakonus der Neustädtischen Kirche zu Erlangen, der Römisch Kays. Akad. der Naturforscher und unsrer Gesellsch. Naturf. Freunde Mitgliedes". Beschäftigungen der Berlinischen Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde (in German). 2: 584–592.
• Evenhuis, N. L. 1997 Litteratura taxonomica dipterorum (1758-1930). Volume 1 (A-K); Volume 2 (L-Z). Leiden, Backhuys Publishers.