Albert Günther

Albert Günther

Nom original	(de) Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthelf Günther
Biografia
Naixement	(en) Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther 3 octubre 1830 Esslingen am Neckar (Alemanya)
Mort	1r febrer 1914 (83 anys) Londres
President of the Linnean Society of London ^(en)
1896 – 1900 ← Charles Baron Clarke – Sydney Howard Vines →
Dades personals
Formació	Universitat de Tübingen
Activitat
Camp de treball	Zoologia, ictiologia i herpetologia
Ocupació	biòleg, ictiòleg, herpetòleg, conservador, zoòleg, col·leccionista d'animals
Ocupador	Museu d'Història Natural de Londres, cap de divisió (1875–1895) Museu d'Història Natural de Londres, ictiòleg (1856–) Museu Britànic
Membre de	Acadèmia de les Ciències de Torí (1893–) Royal Society (1867–) Acadèmia de Ciències de Rússia Acadèmia de Ciències de Sant Petersburg Societat Zoològica de Londres Reial Acadèmia Sueca de Ciències
Obra
Abrev. zoologia	Günther
Localització dels arxius	Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Archive ^(en) [ MfN, HBSB, ZM S II Günther, A.]
Família
Fills	Robert Gunther
Premis
(1904)  Medalla linneana (1878)  Medalla de la Royal Society  company de la Societat Zoològica  Membre de la Royal Society  membre honorífic de la Royal Society de Nova Zelanda

Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther.

Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, o bé Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Gunther FRS (Esslingen, 3 d'octubre de 1830 - Kew, 1 de febrer de 1914) fou un zoòleg britànic, nat a Alemanya.

Nascut a Esslingen (Suàbia). Estudià teologia a Bonn i Berlín, posteriorment estudià Medicina a Tübingen.

El 1856 ingressà al Museu Britànic, on treballà en Ictiologia. Després de la mort de John Edward Gray, el 1875, fou nomenat director del departament de zoologia del Museu d'Història Natural de Londres, fins al 1895. A banda de treballar amb peixos en la col·lecció del museu també ho feu amb rèptils i amfibis.

Publicacions

• GÜNTHER, Albert (1858) - Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia in the collection of the British Museum. London.
• GÜNTHER, Albert (1863) - On new specimens of Snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Sep. Annals Mag. Nat. Hist., 1-6.
• GÜNTHER, Albert (1863) - Third account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Sep. Annals Mag. Nat. Hist., 1-17.
• GÜNTHER, Albert (1864) - Report on a collection of Reptiles and Fishes made by Dr. Kirk in the Zambesi and Nyassa regions. Sep. Proceed. Zool. Soc. London, 1-12.
• GÜNTHER, Albert (1864) - Descriptions of new species of Batrachians from West Africa. Sep. Proceed. Zool. Soc. London, 1-4. Folha manuscrita por Bocage no interior com descrição de Cystignathus Bocagei de Bolama.
• GÜNTHER, Albert (1865) - Fourth account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Sep. Annals Mag. Nat. Hist., 1-10.
• GÜNTHER, Albert (1867) - Contribution to the anatomy of Hatteria (Rhynchocephalus, Owen). Sep. Philosophical Transactions, II: 1-36.
• GÜNTHER, Albert (1867) - Descriptions of some new or little-known species of Fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Jan. 24: 99-104, 1 estampa.
• GÜNTHER, Albert (1868) - First account of species of tailless Batrachians added to the collection of the British Museum. Proceed. Zool. Soc. London, III: 478-490.
• GÜNTHER, Albert (1868) - Sixth account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Sep. Annals Mag. Nat. Hist., 1-17.
• GÜNTHER, Alfred (1868) - First account of species of Tailless Batrachians added to the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (III), June 25: 478-490. 4 pranchas.
• GÜNTHER, Alfred (1868) - Report on a collection of Fishes made at St. Helena by J.C. Meliss. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (II): 225-228.1 estampa.
• GÜNTHER, Alfred (1868) - Descriptions of freshwater Fishes made from Surinam and Brazil. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (II): 229-246. 3 estampas.
• GÜNTHER, Albert (1872) - Seventh account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals Mag. Nat. Hist., 13-37.
• GÜNTHER, Albert (1874) - Description of a new European Species of Zootoca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, August.
• GUNTHER, Albert (1874) - Descriptions of some new or imperfectly known species of Reptiles from the Camaroon Mountains. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London, June 16: 444-445. Plate 56 - Chamaeleon montium Buckholz, 1874. B - juvenil. Pl. 57: Rhampholeon spectrum Buckholz e Bothrolycus ater sp. nov.. Del. G.H. Ford..
• GUNTHER, Albert (1875) - Second report on collection of Indian Reptiles obtained by the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London, March 16: 224-234. Plates XXX-XXXIV. Col. Tenente Beddome no Sul da Índia e Dr. Jerdon no Norte e nos Himalaias. Plate 30 - Calotes grandisquamis Gunther, 1875 - col. Bedomme no sopé do Canoot Ghat; Pl. XXXIV - Trimeresurus jerdoni sp. nov. - Jerdon, Khassya. G.H. Ford del.
• GÜNTHER, Albert (1875) - Third report on collections of Indian Reptiles obtained by the British Museum. From the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 567-577. 4 estampas.
• GÜNTHER, Albert (1876) - Statement regarding dr. Welwitsch's Angola Reptiles. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa, V (20): 275-276. Welwitsch. Seguem declarações de J.V. Barboza du Bocage.
• GÜNTHER, Albert (1876) - Notes on a small collection brought by Lieut. L. Cameron, from Angola. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, pág. 678. Herpetologia. Ahaetulla dorsalis (Bocage). Reptilia. Serpentes.
• GÜNTHER, A. (1876) - Remarks on some Indian and, more especially, Bornean Mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, III: 424-428. Plate XXXVII - Viverra megaspila Blyth, 1863. J.G. Keulemans del..
• GÜNTHER, A. (1876) - Carta para Bocage, do Zoological Department (British Museum), 26 de Junho, a falar de Welwitsch. Arquivo histórico do Museu Bocage, CE/G-88.
• GÜNTHER, A. (1877) - Notice of two large extinct lizards formerly inhabiting the Mascarene Islands. Sep. Linnean Society's Journal - Zoology, vol. 13: 321-328.
• GÜNTHER, Albert (1878) - On Reptiles from Midian collected by Major Burton. From the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 977-978. 1 estampa.
• GÜNTHER, A. (1879) - The extinct reptiles of Rodriguez. Sep. Philosoph. Trans. Roy. Soc., 168 (extra-vol.), London: 470-472.
• GUNTHER, Albert (1879) - List of the Mammals, Reptiles, and Batrachians sent by Mr. Everett from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London, January 14: 74-79. Plate IV - Dendrophis philippinensis Gunther, 1879 - Norte de Mindanao. Del. R. Mintern.
• GUNTHER, Albert (1882) - Observations on some rare Reptiles and a Batrachian now or lately living in the Society's Menagerie. Transactions of the Zoological Society, London VI, part VII (1): 215-222, pl. 42-46. Chelys fimbriata (Schneid.) - a Matamata habita as águas estagnada do Brasil e Guiana. Pl. 43-44: Metopoceros cornutus (Wagler). A imagem representa o segundo exemplar chegado aos museus da Europa, o primeiro pertencia ao Museu de Paris e tinha vindo de San Domingo. Deste não se conhece a proveniência exacta. Ceratothrys ornata (Bell). Tejus rufescens - Mendoza.
• GÜNTHER, Albert (1885) - Note on a supposed melanotic variety of the Leopard, from South Africa. From the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, March 3: 243-245, estampa de Felis leopardus.
• GÜNTHER, A. (1888) - Contribution to the knowledge of Snakes of Tropical Africa. Annals Mag. Nat. Hist., (6) 1: 322-335. Ahoetulla bocagei, sp. nov.. Angola.
• GÜNTHER, A. (1888) - Report on a collection of Reptiles and Batrachians sent by Emin Pasha from Monbuttu, Upper Congo. Proceed. Zool. Soc. London, 50-51.
• GÜNTHER, A. (1895) - Notice of Reptiles and Batrachians collected in the Eastern Half of Tropical Africa. Annals Mag. Nat. Hist., (6) 15: 523-529.