Hans von Berlepsch
Deceased Person
1850 – 1915
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Who was Hans von Berlepsch?
Count Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig von Berlepsch was a German ornithologist.
Berlepsch studied zoology at the University of Halle. He used his inherited wealth to sponsor bird collectors in South America, including Jan Kalinowski and Hermann von Ihering. His collection of 55,000 birds was sold to the Senckenberg Museum at Frankfurt on Main after his death.
Species commemorating Berlepsch include Berlepsch's Six-wired Bird-of-paradise, and Berlepsch's Tinamou.
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