Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben was a German naturalist from Quedlinburg.
Erxleben was professor of physics and veterinary medicine at the University of Göttingen. He wrote Anfangsgründe der Naturlehre and Systema regni animalis. Wikipedia
Born: June 22, 1744, Quedlinburg, Germany
Died: Göttingen, Germany
Education: University of Göttingen
Parents: Dorothea Erxleben