Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr

Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr

Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr (June 16, 1749, Stuttgart – February 27, 1821, Tübingen) was a German physician, chemist, and naturalist.

In 1768 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Tübingen, where he also served as a professor of chemistry, botany, and natural history from 1774 to 1801.[1] He is the taxonomic authority of several genera, including Mellivora, whose only species is the honey badger (Mellivora capensis).[2][3]

  1. ^ Curtis Schuh’s Biobibliography of Mineralogy. The Mineralogical Record Archived 2013-03-26 at the Wayback Machine biographical information
  2. ^ GBIF Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine Mellivora Storr, 1780
  3. ^ Bioone Mammalian Species Mellivora capensis

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