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Alfred Brehm
Born
Alfred Edmund Brehm

(1829-02-02)2 February 1829
Unterrenthendorf (now Renthendorf), Saxe-Altenburg
Died11 November 1884(1884-11-11) (aged 55)
Renthendorf, German Empire
EducationUniversity of Jena
Occupation(s)Zoologist, writer
Known forBrehm's Life of Animals
SpouseMathilde Reiz
ChildrenFive
Parent
  • Christian Ludwig Brehm (father)
AwardsGerman Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina
Scientific career
InstitutionsZoological Garden of Hamburg
Author abbrev. (zoology)A.E. Brehm


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. His multi-volume book Brehms Tierleben, which he co-authored with Eduard Pechuël-Loesche, Wilhelm Haacke, and Richard Schmidtlein, became a household word for popular zoological literature.

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Western jackdaw

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opinion of corvids, Antonia Hereth notes that the German naturalist Alfred Brehm considered the western jackdaw to be a lovable bird, and did not describe...

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Public aquarium

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centre of town, not at the Berlin Zoo. The aquarium's first director, Alfred Brehm, former director of the Hamburg Zoo from 1863 to 1866, served until 1874...

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sixteen deaths; most scholars agree that there have been at least eleven. Alfred Brehm (1829–1884) was one of the most significant naturalists of the 19th century...

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Snake charming

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"Snakecharmers," a chromolithograph by Alfred Brehm...

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Wilhelm Kuhnert

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illustrator, who specialized in animal images. After illustrating the books of Alfred Brehm, he travelled to German East Africa to observe animals in their habitat...

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European polecat

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consumption. Although they are normally shy around humans, naturalist Alfred Brehm in his Brehms Tierleben mentions an exceptional case in which three polecats...

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Dingo

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with other domestic dogs is not possible. However, German zoologist Alfred Brehm reported a dingo that learned the more "typical" form of barking and...

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University of Jena

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Werner Braune (1909–1951), Nazi SS officer, executed for war crimes Alfred Brehm Clemens Brentano Rudolf Carnap Heinrich Cotta, pioneer of scientific...

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Renthendorf

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Germany. The ornithologist Christian Ludwig Brehm was minister in Renthendorf from 1813, and his son Alfred Brehm, also a distinguished zoologist, was born...

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You Bright and Risen Angels

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edition Author William Vollmann Cover artist Foreground: Alfred Brehm, Eintagsfliege (Mayfly) from Brehms Tierleben- 1892 Language English Published 1987 Publisher...

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Gelochelidon

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The genus Gelochelidon was introduced in 1830 by the German zoologist Alfred Brehm. The type species is the gull-billed tern. The name combines the Ancient...

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1884

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Menyhért Lónyay, 5th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1822) November 11 – Alfred Brehm, German zoologist (b. 1829) November 16 – František Chvostek, Moravian...

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Germany/Russia Rex Brasher – US Mark Brazil – England/Japan Alfred Brehm – Germany Christian Ludwig Brehm – Germany Thomas Mayo Brewer – US William Brewster –...

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discoveries, inventions and observations". Its roster of authors included: Alfred Brehm, Camille Flammarion, Nikolai Przhevalsky and Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai...

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