Johann Philipp Breyne


Johann Philipp Breyne FRS, Royal Prussia, son of Jacob Breyne, was a German-Polish botanist, palaeontologist, zoologist and entomologist. He is best known for his work on the Polish cochineal, an insect formerly used in production of red dye. Proposed by Hans Sloane, he was elected, on 21 April 1703, a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was also a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the Societas Litteraria

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