Joachim Johann Nepomuk Spalowsky

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Joachim Anton Johann Nepomuk Spalowsky (1752 Vienna – 1797 Vienna) was an naturalist and polymath who lived in Vienna.

"He was a surgeon attached to the civic regiments of Vienna."{{Cite web

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| first = Joachim Anton Johann Nepomuk

| title = Introduction to a Systematic History of Shelled Animals

| language = Latin, German

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| accessdate = 2014-03-01

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Spalowsky's 1795 treatise on conchology, Prodromus in Systema Historicum Testaceorum,{{cite web|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/4306|title=Introduction to a Systematic History of Shelled Animals|work=wdl.org}} published by the widow of Ignaz Alberti, includes original descriptions of several new species. He also wrote works on birds, plants, and mammals, including Beytrag zur Naturgeschichte der Vögel (1790–95).

He was a Member of the Royal Czech Society of Sciences.

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  • Alan R Kabat, 1996. [http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/NHRareBooks/Spalowsky/spalowsky-intro-kabat.htm J.J.N.A. Spalowsky (1752–97) and the Prodromus in Systema Historicum Testaceorum (1795)]. Archives of Natural History (1996) 23 (2): 245–54

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Category:Conchologists

Category:Austrian zoologists

Category:1752 births

Category:1797 deaths

Category:18th-century naturalists from the Holy Roman Empire

Category:Surgeons from the Holy Roman Empire