Gustav Schrader
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Gustav Schrader was a German
ornithologist.
Gustav Schrader, the son of a taxidermist was a bird collector and natural history
dealer in Port Said
. He collected in Egypt
, Asia Minor
, Ethiopia
and Somaliland
. Schrader supplied the Halle Saale dealer Wilhelm Schlüter
and the Tring ornithologist Walter Rothschild
with large series of scientific bird skins
.
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
ornithologist.
Gustav Schrader, the son of a taxidermist was a bird collector and natural history
Natural history
Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
dealer in Port Said
Port Said
Port Said is a city that lies in north east Egypt extending about 30 km along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Suez Canal, with an approximate population of 603,787...
. He collected in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
, Asia Minor
Asia Minor
Asia Minor is a geographical location at the westernmost protrusion of Asia, also called Anatolia, and corresponds to the western two thirds of the Asian part of Turkey...
, Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
and Somaliland
Somaliland
Somaliland is an unrecognised self-declared sovereign state that is internationally recognised as an autonomous region of Somalia. The government of Somaliland regards itself as the successor state to the British Somaliland protectorate, which was independent for a few days in 1960 as the State of...
. Schrader supplied the Halle Saale dealer Wilhelm Schlüter
Wilhelm Schlüter
Wilhelm Schlüter was a German natural history dealer.Wilhelm Schlüter was the proprietor of "das Naturwissenschaftliche Institut - Naturalien und Lehrmittelhandlung" in Hallean der Saale. He sold many important bird and insect collections to museums and private collections. He also supplied...
and the Tring ornithologist Walter Rothschild
Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild
Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild FRS , a scion of the Rothschild family, was a British banker, politician, and zoologist.-Biography:...
with large series of scientific bird skins
Bird collections
Bird collections are curated repositories of scientific specimens consisting of birds and their parts. They are a research resource for ornithology, the science of birds, and for other scientific disciplines in which information about birds is useful...
.