Moritz Wagner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Moritz Wagner

German naturalist

Date of Birth: 03-Oct-1813

Place of Birth: Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 31-May-1887

Profession: writer, zoologist, biologist, geographer, university teacher, botanist, explorer, ethnographer

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Moritz Wagner (Bayreuth, 3 October 1813 – Munich, 31 May 1887) was a German explorer, collector, geographer and natural historian.
Wagner devoted three years (1836–1839) to the exploration of Algiers: it was here that he made important observations in natural history, which he later supplemented and developed: that geographical isolation could play a key role in speciation. From 1852–1855, together with Carl Scherzer, Wagner travelled through North and Central America and the Caribbean.
In May 1843, Wagner toured the Lake Sevan region of Armenia with Armenian writer Khachatur Abovian.
He committed suicide in Munich, aged 73.
His brother Rudolf was a physiologist and anatomist.