Otto Schindler

Otto Schindler (1 December 1906 – 4 September 1959) was a German zoologist who specialised in ichthyology.

Early life Schindler was born to Otto Schindler and Gabriele Schindler (née Pietschmann), spending most of his childhood in Vienna and the Sudetenland. After graduating Gymnasium Stubenbastei, Schindler attended the University of Vienna, where he received a doctorate in 1930.

Career In 1931 he joined the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (Zoologische Staatssammlung München) as an assistant curator of ichthyology, to work on the specimens collected by the III German Grand Chaco Expedition to East Paraguay. In 1937 he joined the IV expedition to Brazil which lasted 6 months. It is known that he visited Stockholm in the 1950s, bringing some specimens from the museums there back to Munich. He also obtained specimens from Vienna as part of his efforts to rebuild the ZSM collection.

Personal life Schindler married Maria Petsch in 1939 and had three children with her.