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Alfred Brehm
Alfred Edmund Brehm was a German zoologist and writer. His multi-volume book Brehms Tierleben, which he co-authored with Eduard Pechuël-Loesche, Wilhelm Haacke, and Richard Schmidtlein, became a household word for popular zoological literature. He was the first director of the Zoological Garden of Hamburg.
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culture · German zoologist and writer (1829–1884) · ornithologist · zoologist · painter · writer · naturalist · scientific collector · travel writer · also Alfred Brehm, Brehm, A. Brehm
Born 2 February 1829 · Died 11 November 1884 · Q155112
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1884· 1 entry
Died 1884-11-11.
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1876· 1 entry
Travelled to Siberia with Otto Finsch
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1862· 2 entries
Accepted the invitation of Duke Ernst II of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to accompany him on a trip to Abyssinia
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Accepted the post of first director of the Zoological Garden of Hamburg and kept this position until 1867
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1855· 1 entry
And in 1856 went on a two-year journey to Spain with his brother Reinhold
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1853· 1 entry
Started to study natural sciences at the University of Jena
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1829· 1 entry
Born 1829-02-02.
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