Alfred Brehm

1829 - 1884

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country of citizenship: Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

native language: German

languages spoken, written or signed: German

educated at: University of Jena

occupation: biologist, ornithologist, zoologist, painter, writer, naturalist

Alfred Edmund Brehm (German pronunciation: [ˈalfʁeːt ˈʔɛtmʊnt ˈbʁeːm]; 2 February 1829 – 11 November 1884) was a German zoologist, writer, director of zoological gardens and the son of Christian Ludwig Brehm, a famous pastor and ornithologist. Through the book title Brehms Tierleben, which he co-authored with Eduard Pechuël-Loesche, Wilhelm Haacke, and Richard Schmidtlein, his name became a household word for popular zoological literature. Source: Wikipedia (en)