Bernard Altum
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Bernard Altum full name Johann Bernard Theodor Altum (31 January 1824, Münster
Münster
Münster is an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also capital of the local government region Münsterland...

, Province of Westphalia
Province of Westphalia
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 - 1 February 1900, Eberswalde
Eberswalde
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) was a German
Germans
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  catholic priest
Priesthood (Catholic Church)
The ministerial orders of the Catholic Church include the orders of bishops, deacons and presbyters, which in Latin is sacerdos. The ordained priesthood and common priesthood are different in function and essence....

, zoologist, and forest scientist
Forestry
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He wrote
  • Homeri cum Aeschyli, Sophoclis, Euripidis comparantur, Dissertation, Berlin 1855
  • Winke zur Hebung des zoologischen Unterrichts (a zoology instruction manual), Münster 1863
  • Die Säugetiere des Münsterlands, Münster (Mammals of Münster)1867
  • Der Vogel und sein Leben, Münster 1868 (Birds and their Lives)


From 1893 -1901 he was President of the German Ornithologists' Society
Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft
The Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft was founded in 1850, and is one of the world's oldest existing scientific societies. Its goal is to support and further scientific ornithology on all levels. It publishes the Journal of Ornithology, founded in 1853....

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