Alfred Nehring, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alfred Nehring

German zoologist

Date of Birth: 29-Jan-1845

Place of Birth: Bad Gandersheim, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 30-Sep-1904

Profession: zoologist, university teacher, paleontologist

Nationality: Germany, German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Alfred Nehring (29 January 1845, in Gandersheim – 29 September 1904 in Berlin-Charlottenburg) was a German zoologist and paleontologist. He studied philology and natural sciences in Göttingen and Halle, afterwards teaching classes in Wesel (1867) and Wolfenbüttel (1871).
From 1881 he was a professor at the Landwirtschaftlichen Hochschule (agricultural university) in Berlin. Nehring's scientific investigations involved modern and prehistoric vertebrates, being particularly interested in the history and morphology of domesticated animals (horses, dogs, etc.).
In his studies of the guinea pig, he asserted Cavia cutleri to be the direct ancestor of the domesticated guinea pig.