Education
Uppsala University.
Botanist mycologist naturalist university professor writer
Uppsala University.
He was appointed professor of materia medica at the University of Erlangen in 1769. In 1774 he began writing a multi-volume set of books entitled Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen, which focused on the mammals of the world. Many of the animals included were given a scientific name for the first time, following the binomial system of Carl Linnaeus.
From 1791 until his death in 1810, he was the President of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
In April 1795 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Numerous honors were bestowed on him including the office of an imperial count palatine. Schreber also wrote on entomology notably Schreberi Novae Species Insectorvm.
His herbarium collection has been preserved in the Botanische Staatssammlung München since 1813.
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Royal Society; Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
Russian Academy of Sciences.
Russian Academy of Sciences]
He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1787.