Johann Sperling

Johann Sperling
Born	(1603-07-12)12 July 1603 Zeuchfeld
Died	12 August 1658(1658-08-12) (aged 55) Wittenberg
Education	University of Wittenberg
Occupations	Physician Zoologist Physicist University director

Johann Sperling (12 July 1603–12 August 1658) was a German physician, zoologist and physicist, deacon and Rektor of the University of Wittenberg. He was among the first to practise zoology as a natural science, writing a first handbook about animals, Zoologia physica.^[1]