Rudolf Grauer
Rudolf Grauer (born August 20, 1870 in Hellbrunn ( Salzburg ), † December 17, 1927 in Vienna ) was an Austrian hunter and Africa explorer .
Rudolf Grauer traveled to Uganda in 1904/05 and to Tanganyika in 1907 . During a trip to the Congo from 1910–1911 financed by the Austrian Court Museum , Grauer was one of the first Europeans to encounter the Mambutti pygmies . He also brought back numerous animals from his travels, including three okapis (this species was only discovered in 1901) and a Central African gorilla .
The gorilla subspecies Eastern lowland gorilla ( Gorilla beringei grauerii ), which occurs only in the Zaire lowlands , bears Grauer's name as does the warbler Sylvia graueria .
literature
- Gray Rudolf. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 50.
- Christa Riedl-Dorn, Rudolf Grauer. In: (Ed.) Wilfried Seipel, The Discovery of the World. The World of Discovery. Austrian researchers, collectors, adventurers (Vienna 2001), pp. 323–327
Web links
- Entry on Rudolf Grauer in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grauer, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Africa explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hellbrunn |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 17, 1927 |
| Place of death | Vienna |