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'Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst' (1743–1807) was a German naturalist and entomologist.
Herbst was born in Petershagen bei Minden. He was the joint editor, with Carl Gustav Jablonsky, of ''Naturgeschichte der in- und ausländischen Insekten'' (1785–1806, 10 volumes), which was one of the first attempts at a complete survey of the order Coleoptera.
Herbst's other works included ''Anleitung zur Kenntnis der Insekten'' (1784–86, 3 volumes), ''Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse'' (1782–1804, 3 volumes), ''Einleitung zur Kenntnis der Würmer'' (1787–88, 2 volumes) and ''Natursystem der ungeflügelten Insekten'' (Classification of the unwinged insects) (1797–1800, 4 parts).