Jacob Theodor Klein

Jacob Theodor Klein
Portrait of Jacob Theodor Klein by Jacob Wessel (1759)
Born15 August 1685
Konigsberg, Prussia
Died27 February 1759(1759-02-27) (aged 73)
Danzig, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Jacob Theodor Klein (nickname Plinius Gedanensium; 15 August 1685 – 27 February 1759) was a German jurist, historian, botanist, zoologist, mathematician and diplomat in service to the King of Poland, Augustus II the Strong. He established a botanical garden and menagerie in Danzig apart from setting up a cabinet of natural history known as the Museum Kleinianum which he filled with specimens collected through a wide network.

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