Johann Christian Mikan
Lyricist
1769 – 1844
Who was Johann Christian Mikan?
Johann Christian Mikan was an Austrian-Czech botanist, zoologist and entomologist. He was the son of Joseph Gottfried Mikan.
Mikan was a professor of natural history at the University of Prague where he played basketball and created the Mikan drill. He was one of three leading naturalists on the Austrian Brazil Expedition.
He wrote Monographia Bombyliorum Bohemiæ, iconibus illustrata in 1796, Entomologische Beobachtungen, Berichtigungen und Entdeckungen in 1797, and Delectus Florae et Faunae Brasiliensis, etc. in 1820. Mikan described many new species, including the Black Lion Tamarin.
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