Rodolfo Amando Philippi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rodolfo Amando Philippi

Chilean palaeontologist

Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1808

Place of Birth: Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany

Date of Death: 23-Jul-1904

Profession: naturalist, zoologist, biologist, ornithologist, university teacher, paleontologist, botanist

Nationality: Chile

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Rodolfo Amando (or Rudolph Amandus) Philippi (14 September 1808 – 23 July 1904) was a German–Chilean paleontologist and zoologist. He left his native Germany as a young man because he thought he was gravely ill and preferred to die in the mild climate of the Mediterranean region.
He recovered and did considerable work there, including Abbildungen (illustrated monographs).
Then he was invited to Chile by his brother Bernhard Eunom Philippi who worked for the government there.
He moved to Santiago, Chile in 1851.
There, he became a professor of botany and zoology and the director of the natural-history museum, and was a regular collaborator with Christian Ludwig Landbeck.
Philippi described three new species of South American lizards.
A species of snake, Tropidodipsas philippii, is named in his honor.His youngest son, Federico Philippi (1838–1910), was also a zoologist and botanist. His grandson, Rodulfo Amando Philippi Bañados (1905-1969), was also a zoologist.
In zoological nomenclature, the elder is referred to as "Philippi [Krumwiede]" to distinguish him from his grandson "Philippi [Bañados]".Museo de la Exploración Rudolph Amandus Philippi in Valdivia is named after him.