Father of Ichthyology

Father of Ichthyology
Peter Arctaedius (Peter Artedi)(1705-1735), whose work on ichthyology was edited by Linnaeus and incorporated into his classificatory works after Artedi drowned in an Amsterdam canal one dark night

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