Gerhard Heilmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gerhard Heilmann

Danish artist and paleontologist

Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1859

Place of Birth: Skælskør, Region Zealand, Denmark

Date of Death: 26-Mar-1946

Profession: writer, painter, ornithologist, paleontologist

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Gerhard Heilmann (later sometimes spelt "Heilman") (25 June 1859 – 26 March 1946) was a Danish artist and paleontologist who created artistic depictions of Archaeopteryx, Proavis and other early bird relatives apart from writing The Origin of Birds, a pioneering and influential account of bird evolution.
Heilmann lacked a formal training in science although he studied medicine briefly before shifting to art.
His ideas on bird evolution were first written in Danish in the Dansk Ornitologisk Tidsskrift.
Heilmann received little help and often got considerable opposition from Danish professional zoologists of the time and he in turn often made dismissive remarks on the ideas of some of the established scientists of the time.
The English edition however reached out to a much larger audience and influenced ideas in bird evolution for nearly half a century.



Alternative names	Gerhard Vilhelm Ernst Heilmann; Gerhard Vilhelm Ernst Heilman
Description	Danish artist and paleontologist
Date of birth/death	25 June 1859	26 March 1946
Location of birth/death	Skælskør	Copenhagen
Work location	Copenhagen
Authority control	: Q4993449 VIAF: 91707230 ISNI: 0000 0000 8400 085X ULAN: 500144857 LCCN: n90703293 NLA: 35184697 WorldCat