a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, in 1830 ordinary professor and a member of the Academic Council; in 1836 he was appointed honourable Doctor of Philosophy, and in 1839 he became titular councillor of state. He was the father of herpetologist Johannes Theodor Reinhardt (1816-1882), who with Christian Frederik Lütken (1827-1901), published Bidrag til Kundskab om Brasiliens Padder og Krybdyr (Contributions to the knowledge of Brazilian amphibians and reptiles. Reinhardt died on 31 October 1845 in Copenhagen. Taxon described by him See :Category:Taxa named by Johan Reinhardt References 1776 births People from Rendalen 1845 deaths Danish zoologists Scientists from Copenhagen