William Bernhardt Tegetmeier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Bernhardt Tegetmeier

British naturalist

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1816

Place of Birth: Slough, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 19-Nov-1912

Profession: naturalist, beekeeper

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

William Bernhardt Tegetmeier FZS (4 November 1816 – 19 November 1912) was an English naturalist, a founding member of the Savage Club, a popular writer and journalist of domestic science.
A correspondent and friend of Charles Darwin, Tegetmeier studied pigeon breeds and the optimality of hexagonal honeycomb cells constructed by honeybees.
He wrote a number of books dealing with home economics, poultry farming, pigeon breeds, bee-keeping and on the maintenance of livestock.