Heinrich Otto Wilhelm Bürger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Heinrich Otto Wilhelm Bürger

German zoologist

Date of Birth: 04-May-1865

Place of Birth: Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 18-Jan-1945

Profession: zoologist

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Heinrich Otto Wilhelm Bürger (4 May 1865 Hannover-18 January 1945, Törwang) was a German zoologist who specialised in Nemertea.
He studied at several universities and at Stazione Zoologica in Naples.
He gained his doctorate at the University of Göttingen under Ernst Ehlers.
Between 1900-1908 he was Professor and Director of theZoology museum in Santiago de Chile.
He later, still in South America, lived as a gentleman scientist, travel writer and economic geographer.