Johann Friedrich von Brandt (25 May 1802 – 15 July 1879) was a German naturalist, who worked mostly in Russia.
Brandt was born in Jüterbog and educated at a gymnasium in Wittenberg and the University of Berlin.
In 1831 he emigrated to Russia, and soon was appointed director of the Zoological Museum of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Brandt encouraged the collection of native animals, many of which were not represented in the museum. Many specimens began to arrive from the expeditions of Severtzov, Przhevalsky, Middendorff, Schrenck and Gustav Radde.
He described several birds collected by Russian explorers off the Pacific Coast of North America, including Brandt's cormorant, red-legged kittiwake and spectacled eider.
As a paleontologist, Brandt ranks among the best. He was also an entomologist, specialising in Coleoptera (beetles) and Diplopoda (millipedes).
He died in Merreküll, Governorate of Estonia.
He is also commemorated in Brandt's bat, Brandt's hedgehog, three other species of mammals, and the lizard Iranolacerta brandtii.
In addition, Johann Friedrich von Brandt concerned the continuation of the work Getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der in der Arzneykunde gebräuchlichen Gewächse of Friedrich Gottlob Hayne.
Getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der in der Arzneykunde gebräuchlichen Gewächse wie auch solcher, welche mit ihnen verwechselt werden können. 12 Volumes, 1805–1856 (continued from Johann Friedrich Brandt, Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg und Johann Friedrich Klotzsch). Digital Edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
Abbildung und Beschreibung der in Deutschland wild wachsenden und in Gärten im Freien ausdauernden Giftgewächse nach natürlichen Familien erläutert. Band 1: Phanerogamen Hirschwald, Berlin 1834 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
Abbildung und Beschreibung der in Deutschland wild wachsenden und in Gärten im Freien ausdauernden Giftgewächse nach natürlichen Familien erläutert. Band 2: Kryptogamen Hirschwald, Berlin 1838 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
Untersuchungen über die fossilen und subfossilen cetaceen Europa's. Mémoires de L'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, Series 7 20(1):1-372 1873
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Acipenser baerii Brandt, 1869 (Siberian sturgeon)
Acipenser guldenstadti Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 (Caspian or Russian sturgeon)
Acipenser schrenckii Brandt, 1869 (Amur sturgeon)
Emberiza bruniceps Brandt, 1841 (Red-headed bunting)
Emberiza cioides Brandt, 1843 (Meadow bunting)
Holothuria leucospilota Brandt, 1835 (black long sea cucumber)
Idotea ochotensis Brandt, 1851
Lasiopodomys brandtii (Radde, 1861) (Brandt's vole)
Ligia dilatata Brandt, 1833 (sea slater)
Mesocricetus brandti (Nehring, 1898) (Brandt's or Turkish hamster)
Myotis brandtii Eversmann, 1845 (Brandt's bat)
Paraechinus hypomelas (Brandt, 1836) (Brandt's hedgehog)
Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt, 1837) (Brandt's cormorant)
Porphyrophora hamelii Brandt, 1833 (Armenian cochineal)
Somateria fischeri Brandt, 1847 (spectacled eider)
Stichopus chloronotus Brandt, 1835 (black sea cucumber)
Trionyx maackii Brandt, 1858 (Chinese softshell turtle)
