Hermann
von Jhering
(1850-1930)
Biographical
A naturalist and zoologist. He went to São Leopoldo, Brazil, 1880, and
worked there as a doctor, and in 1883, worked for the National Museum
of Rio de Janeiro as a naturalist. In 1886, he settled on an island on
the delta of the Camaquã River, but moved to São Paulo the next year to
help with the construction of the Museu Paulista. He became its director
in 1893, and was dismissed in 1916. He returned to Germany in 1920, and
was later made Honorary Professor of Zoology and Palaeontology at the
University of Gießen.[F6I]
Place of birth: Kiel[F6I]
Place of first marriage: Leipzig[F6I]
Place of second marriage: Gießen[F6I]
Place of death: Büdingen[F6I]
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