 Johann Philipp Breyne

Johann Philipp Breyne FRS (9 August 1680, Danzig (Gdańsk), Royal Prussia (a fief of the Crown of Poland) – 12 December 1764, Danzig, Royal Prussia), son of Jacob Breyne (1637–97), was a German-Polish botanist, palaeontologist, zoologist and entomologist.He is best known for his work on the Polish cochineal ("Porphyrophora polonica"), an insect formerly used in production of red dye.