Peter Wilhelm Lund, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Peter Wilhelm Lund

Danish scientist

Date of Birth: 14-Jun-1801

Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 25-May-1880

Profession: naturalist, zoologist, paleontologist, botanist, archaeologist, anthropologist, explorer

Nationality: Denmark, Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Peter Wilhelm Lund (14 June 1801 – 25 May 1880) was a Danish-Brazilian paleontologist, zoologist, archeologist and who spent most of his life working and living in Brazil.
He is considered the father of Brazilian paleontology as well as archeology. He was the first to describe dozens of species of pre-historic Pleistocene megafauna, including the fabled Saber-toothed cat Smilodon populator.
He also made the then ground-breaking discovery that humans co-existed with the long-extinct animal species, something which possibly prompted him to terminate his scientific work.
His comprehensive collections are today found at the Danish Natural History Museum in Copenhagen.