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Wilhelm Schlüter

1828 – 1919

German natural history trader and ornithologist

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Lived 1828 – 1919 (aged 90–91). Wilhelm Schlüter was an ornithologist, entomologist, trader of naturalia, zoologist, scientific collector and geophysicist.

Wilhelm Schlüter (1828 – 25 April 1919) was a German natural history dealer.

Wilhelm Schlüter was the proprietor of das Naturwissenschaftliche Institut - Naturalien und Lehrmittelhandlung in Halle an der Saale. He sold many important bird and insect collections to museums and private collections. He also supplied specimens, equipment and books to universities. He was associated with the ornithologists Otto Kleinschmidt, Oscar Rudolph Neumann and August Carl Eduard Baldamus and sold bird specimens collected by Herbert and Bruno Geisler in New Guinea, by Gustav Schrader in the Near East and by Carl Constantin Platen in China and South East Asia.

A subspecies of lizard, Ophisops elegans schlueteri, is named in his honor. An African ant Polyrhachis schlueteri is also named for him.

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Who was Wilhelm Schlüter?

German natural history trader and ornithologist (1828-1919)

When was Wilhelm Schlüter born?

Wilhelm Schlüter was born in 1828 in Halle (Saale).

When did Wilhelm Schlüter die?

Wilhelm Schlüter died on 25 April 1919 in Halle (Saale).

What was Wilhelm Schlüter's occupation?

Wilhelm Schlüter was an ornithologist, entomologist, trader of naturalia, zoologist, scientific collector and geophysicist.

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· Wikipedia: Wilhelm Schlüter

· Wikidata: Q8002293

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