Tessmann, Günter, b. 1884

The Indians of northeastern Peru
book chapter 1930

Summary: Günter Theodor Tessmann was a German anthropologist, explorer, botanist and zoologist who travelled in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Peru. He wrote a two volume work on the Fang people, Die Pangwe (1913), and another on the people of Peru in Die Indianer Nordost-Perus (1930). He also collected natural history specimens and cultural artefacts for German museums, particularly in his hometown Lübeck. A number of species were described from his collections including the plant genera Tessmannia, Tassmannianthus and Tessmanniodoxa. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4][5]
Born: 1884-04-02 [2][4]
Birth Place: Lübeck [2]; Lübeck [4]
Died: 1969-11-15 [2][4]
Death Place: Curitiba [2][4]
Country: Germany [2]; Brazil [2]
Language: German [3]
Occupation: botanist [4]; zoologist [4]; ethnologist [4]; botanical collector [4]; zoological collector [4]; explorer [4]; big game hunter [4]; scientific collector [4]; agronomist [4]
Employer: Museu Paranaense [4]
Work Place: Curitiba [2]
Educated at: Deutsche Kolonialschule [4]
Country of Education: Germany [4]
Archives at: Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography [4]; World Cultures Collection, Lübecker Museums [4]; Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Archive [4]; Archive of the Deutsches Museum [4]; German Federal Archives [4]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. Wikidata; 5. Library of Congress

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