Morten Thrane Brünnich was a Danish zoologist and mineralogist. Wikipedia
Born: September 30, 1737, Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: September 19, 1827 (age 89 years), Copenhagen, Denmark
Books: Martini Th. Brunnichii ...: Ichthyologia massiliensis, sistens piscium descriptiones, eorvmqve apud incolas nomina and An Essay Towards a System of Mineralogy ... Translated, from the Original Swedish, with Notes, by G. Von Engestrom. To which is Added, a Treatise on the Pocket-laboratory, Containing an Easy Method ... for Trying Mineral Bodies, Written by the Translator. The Whole Revised and Corrected, with Some Additional Notes, by E. Mendes Da Costa.
Education: Copenhagen University
Parents: Andreas Brünniche
Author abbrev. (zoology): Brünnich