Johann Sperling | |
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| Born | 12 July 1603 |
| Died | 12 August 1658 (aged 55) |
| Education | University of Wittenberg |
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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]