Heinrich Otto Wilhelm Bürger (4 May 1865

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– 18 January 1945, Törwang) was a German

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who specialised in

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. He studied at several universities and at

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in Naples. He gained his doctorate at the

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under

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. Between 1900 and 1908, he was Professor and Director of theZoology museum in Santiago de Chile. He later, still in South America, lived as a

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, travel writer and economic geographer.

Works

partial list *Bürger, 1895. ''Die Nemertinen des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel'', 22: 1–743. Also in: Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel. Zoologischen station zu Neapel (Ed.). Verlag von R. Friedländer & Sohn, Berlin. 568 pp *Otto Bürger ''Die Robinson -Insel.''Leipzig, Th. Welcher 1909, Umfang 123 S., 12 SW-Fotos, Karte der Issel Jusn Fernandez.

References

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