Johann Friedrich Naumann

Johann Friedrich Naumann (14 February 1780 – 15 August 1857) was a German scientist, artist, engraver, and editor. He is regarded as the founder of scientific ornithology in Europe. Along with his father he published The Natural History of German Birds (1820–1844) and The Eggs of German Birds (1818–1828). His father Johann Andreas Naumann (1744–1826) was a naturalist, and his brother Carl Andreas Naumann (1786–1854) was also an ornithologist who became a forester. The German ornithological society named its journal Naumannia.