Helmuth O. Wagner
Helmuth Otto Wagner (born October 25, 1897 in Göttingen , † May 3, 1977 in Bremen ) was a German zoologist , ornithologist and director of the Überseemuseum in Bremen.
biography
Wagner was a draftsman and piano maker until 1925. From 1925 to 1929 he studied zoology at the University of Frankfurt am Main and the University of Göttingen . He did his doctorate in Göttingen and then was an assistant at the Zoological Institute of the University of Göttingen and at the Cologne Zoo . From 1933 to 1940 he was an animal dealer in Australia , the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia ) and Central America . From 1940 to 1950 he was a scientist and collector in Mexico . He also conducted water surveys for forestry and agriculture on behalf of the US government.
In 1951 he was appointed director of the Überseemuseum in Bremen, which has been named after that since then. The museum, which was badly damaged by the war, was renovated and was in the process of being rebuilt. Since Wagner had no museum experience, he relied on his staff and helped set up the groups of animals in the exhibition. The museum recorded a significant increase in visitors during its time. In 1962 he retired and the biologist Hermann Friedrich became his successor. Wagner then lived in Mexico for a longer period of time.
Dedication names
Allan Robert Phillips honored him in 1966 in the name of the cinnamon flank amazilie ( Amazilia wagneri )
Works
- Contribution to the biology of the blue-throated hummingbird Lampornis clemenciae Lesson . In: Publications from the Museum für Naturkunde Bremen (= A ). tape 2 , no. 5 , 1951, pp. 5-44 .
- Mass gatherings of laborers in Mexico , Bremen 1954
- Mixed bird associations in Mexico, especially the behavior of Nordic migratory birds , Bremen 1957
literature
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
- Allan Robert Phillips: Notas sistemáticas sobre aves mexicanas, III . In: Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural . tape 25 , 1966, pp. 217–242 (Spanish, repositorio.fciencias.unam.mx [PDF; 193 kB ]).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Allan Robert Phillips, p. 223.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wagner, Helmuth O. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wagner, Helmuth Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist, director of the Überseemuseum Bremen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goettingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1977 |
| Place of death | Bremen |