Hermann Burmeister

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Hermann Burmeister.
Hermann Burmeister.

Karl Hermann Konrad Burmeister (January 15, 1807 - May 2, 1892) was a German zoologist and entomologist.

Burmeister was born in Stralsund and became a professor of Zoology at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg from 1837 to 1861. He travelled to Brazil from 1850 to 1852 and Argentina from 1857 to 1860, returning to Germany with zoological collections. In 1861 he went to live in Argentina, founding the Institute at the Museo Nacional in Buenos Aires.

[edit] Works

  • 1829 De insectorum systemate naturali. 40 pp. Grunert, Halle. [1829.??.??]
  • 1832 Handbuch der Entomologie. Vol. 1, xvi+ 696 + [2] pp. Reimer, Berlin. [after 1832.10.31]
  • [1835] Bericht über die Fortschritte der Entomologie 1834-35. Arch. Naturgesch. 1(2): 7-74.
  • 1837 Handbuch der Naturgeschichte. [Part 2] xii + pp. 369-858. Enslin, Berlin. [1837.??.??]
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