Historical reference: Do not rely on this information. It is very old. About this collection
Bronn, Heinrich Georg, born at Ziegelhausen, Germany, in 1800, devoted his life to the study of nature, and produced several valuable works, the most striking of which are his Universal Zoology and Letheea Geognostica. He was professor of physical and industrial sciences at Heidelberg, and afterwards zoological lecturer at Freiberg, and died in 1862.