Fritz Müller
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1821 – 1897
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Who was Fritz Müller?
Johann Friedrich Theodor Müller, better known as Fritz Müller, and also as Müller-Desterro, was a German biologist who emigrated to southern Brazil, where he lived in and near the German community of Blumenau, Santa Catarina. There he studied the natural history of the Atlantic forest south of São Paulo, and was an early advocate of Darwinism. He lived in Brazil for the rest of his life. Müllerian mimicry is named after him.
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- Born
- Mar 31, 1821
Erfurt - Also known as
- Fritz Muller
- Siblings
- Religion
- Atheism
- Nationality
- Germany
- Brazil
- Education
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- Lived in
- Blumenau
- Died
- May 21, 1897
Blumenau
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on July 23, 2013
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