Erwin Stresemann
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Erwin Stresemann was a German
naturalist
and ornithologist.
Stresemann was one of the outstanding ornithologists of the 20th century. From 1921 onwards he was in charge of the bird
department of the Berlin Zoological Museum, and encouraged a number of young German scientists, including Ernst Mayr
and Bernhard Rensch
.
Stresemann was the long-standing editor of the Journal für Ornithologie. His major publication was the volume Aves (1927–1934) in the German Handbook of Zoology. He also wrote Entwicklung der Ornithologie (1951), a review of the development of ornithology from Aristotle
to the present, translated into English in 1975.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
naturalist
Naturalist
Naturalist may refer to:* Practitioner of natural history* Conservationist* Advocate of naturalism * Naturalist , autobiography-See also:* The American Naturalist, periodical* Naturalism...
and ornithologist.
Stresemann was one of the outstanding ornithologists of the 20th century. From 1921 onwards he was in charge of the bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
department of the Berlin Zoological Museum, and encouraged a number of young German scientists, including Ernst Mayr
Ernst Mayr
Ernst Walter Mayr was one of the 20th century's leading evolutionary biologists. He was also a renowned taxonomist, tropical explorer, ornithologist, historian of science, and naturalist...
and Bernhard Rensch
Bernhard Rensch
Bernhard Rensch was a German evolutionary biologist, and ornithologist who did field work in Indonesia and India. He is probably best known as one of the architects of the modern evolutionary synthesis, which he popularised in Germany...
.
Stresemann was the long-standing editor of the Journal für Ornithologie. His major publication was the volume Aves (1927–1934) in the German Handbook of Zoology. He also wrote Entwicklung der Ornithologie (1951), a review of the development of ornithology from Aristotle
Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology...
to the present, translated into English in 1975.