Lorenz Spengler

Lorenz Spengler in 1751 by Carl Gustaf Pilo.

Lorenz Spengler (22 September 1720, Schaffhausen – 20 December 1807, Copenhagen) was a Swiss-born Danish turner and naturalist.

He arrived at Copenhagen in 1743 and became a tutor to Christian VI of Denmark and later Frederick V of Denmark in the art of turning. From 1771 he was head of the Royal Art Chamber (Det Kongelige Kunstkammer), a position he held until his death in 1807. He wrote Spengler, L.,1790 Beskrivelse og Oplysning over den hindindtil lidet udarbeidede Sloegt af mangeskallede Konchylier som Linnaeus har kaldet Lepas med tilfoiede nye og ubeskrevne Arter. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, 1(1): 158-212. Full volume (PDF) He had a personal natural history collection Museo Spengleriano.

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