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Günter Tessmann
Günter Theodor Tessmann (also given as Günther Teßmann; 2 April 1884 – 15 November 1969) was a German anthropologist, explorer, botanist and zoologist who travelled in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Peru. He wrote a two volume work on the Fang people, ''Die Pangwe'' (1913), and another on the people of Peru in ''Die Indianer Nordost-Perus'' (1930). He also collected natural history specimens and cultural artefacts for German museums, particularly in his hometown Lübeck. A number of species were described from his collections including the plant genera ''Tessmannia'', ''Tessmannianthus, Tassmannianthus'' and ''Chelyocarpus, Tessmanniodoxa''. Tessmann was born in Lübeck to businessman Theodor (1832–1924) and Laura Wöbbe. After school at the Lübeck Katharineum he apprenticed in tropical gardening at Witzenhausen. He travelled to Cameroon to work in a cocoa plantation in 1902. The Lübeck museum supported him to study the local people from 1907 to 1909. He also colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Günther Tessmann 1912
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