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Wilhelm Peters
German naturalist, zoologist and explorer (1815–1883)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 22 April 1815
- Died
- 20 April 1883
- Place of birth
- Koldenbüttel
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Wilhelm
- Family name
- Peters
- Father
- Hartwig Peters
- Sibling
- Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, Eduard Peter Matthias Peters, Otto Nikolaus Henning Peters, Hartwig Peters
- Field of work
- zoology, natural science
- Occupation
- explorer, zoologist, herpetologist, university teacher, ichthyologist, ornithologist, naturalist, traveler, curator, botanist, botanical collector, scientific collector
- Position held
- museum director
- Citizenship
- Duchy of Schleswig, Kingdom of Prussia
- archives at
- Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Archive
- author citation (zoology)
- Peters
- collection items at
- Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Natural History Museum, Vienna, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, National Herbarium of Victoria, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Harvard University Herbaria, Natural History Museum, National Museum of Natural History, Herbarium Haussknecht, Institut für Spezielle Botanik, Zürich Herbaria
- described by source
- Otto's encyclopedia, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- employer
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin Zoological Garden
- languages spoken, written or signed
- German
- member of
- German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Entomologischer Verein
- name in native language
- Wilhelm Carl Hartwig Peters
- significant person
- Adolf Bastian
- work location
- Mozambique
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