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Hermann Burmeister
1807 – 1892
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryKarl Hermann Konrad Burmeister was a German Argentine zoologist, entomologist, herpetologist, botanist, and coleopterologist. He served as a professor at the University of Halle, headed the museum there and published the Handbuch der Entomologie (1832–1855) before moving to Argentina where he worked until his death.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
January 15, 1807
Stralsund
Date of death
May 2, 1892
Buenos Aires
Citizenship
Argentina · Swedish Pomerania · Kingdom of Prussia
Occupations & fields
curatorornithologistgeographergeologistbotanistmarine biologist
Awards & honours
Imperial Order of the RoseOrder of the Crown
- Field and occupation
- německý zoolog
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