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August Wilhelm Heinrich Blasius
German ornithologist (1845–1912) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Wilhelm Blasius" redirects here. For the meteorologist, see Heinrich Wilhelm Blasius.
August Wilhelm Heinrich Blasius (5 July 1845 in Braunschweig – 31 May 1912 in Braunschweig) was a German ornithologist.
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Blasius belonged to a family of scientists: his father was the ornithologist Johann Heinrich Blasius (1809-1870) and his brother was the ornithologist Rudolf Heinrich Paul Blasius (1842-1907).
In 1871 he became a professor of zoology and botany at the Braunschweig University of Technology. He also served as director of its natural history museum and botanical gardens. He was a member of the council for the Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft (German Ornithological Society).[1]