Wilhelm Peters

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Wilhelm Peters was a 19th-century German naturalist and zoologist known for his extensive work in taxonomy and species description.

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instanceOf human
zoologist
burialPlace Berlin NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath natural causes
centuryOfActivity 19th century
countryOfCitizenship Germany
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
dateOfBirth 1815-04-22
dateOfDeath 1883-04-20
describedTaxon Peters’s dwarf epauletted fruit bat NERFINISHED
many African amphibian species
many African reptile species
educatedAt Humboldt University of Berlin
surface form: University of Berlin
employer Museum für Naturkunde Berlin NERFINISHED
familyName Peters NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork herpetology
natural history
taxonomy
zoology
givenName Wilhelm
hasHonorificEponym Peters’s elephantnose fish (Gnathonemus petersii) NERFINISHED
multiple reptile species named petersi or petersii
hasOccupation naturalist
university teacher
zoologist
influencedBy Alexander von Humboldt NERFINISHED
knownFor description of numerous new species
work in herpetology
zoological collections from Mozambique
languageOfWorkOrName German
memberOf Prussian Academy of Sciences
nativeLanguage German
notableStudent Paul Matschie NERFINISHED
notableWork Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique NERFINISHED
publications on African reptiles and amphibians
placeOfBirth Koldenbüttel NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Berlin
positionHeld director of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
sexOrGender male
studiedUnder Johannes Peter Müller NERFINISHED
traveledTo Algeria NERFINISHED
Angola NERFINISHED
Brazil NERFINISHED
Mozambique NERFINISHED
workLocation Berlin NERFINISHED

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spectacled flying fox describedBy Wilhelm Peters
Epigonichthys describedBy Wilhelm Peters