August Wilhelm Heinrich Blasius (5 July 1845 in Braunschweig – 31 May 1912 in Braunschweig) was a German

ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

. Blasius belonged to a family of scientists: his father was the ornithologist Johann Heinrich Blasius (1809-1870) and his brother was the ornithologist

Rudolf Heinrich Paul Blasius Rudolf Heinrich Paul Blasius (25 November 1842, Braunschweig - 21 September 1907, Braunschweig) was a German physician, bacteriologist, naturalist and ornithologist.image:Gabstein_der_Eheleute_Rudolf_und_Mally_Blasius.JPG, left, 200px, Grave of Rud ...

(1842-1907). In 1871 he became a professor of zoology and botany at the Braunschweig University of Technology. He also served as director of its natural history museum and botanical gardens. He was a member of the council for the '' Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft'' (German Ornithological Society).

Selected writings

* ''Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Vogelfauna von Borneo'', 1881 (with

Adolph Nehrkorn Adolph Nehrkorn (29 December 1841, in Riddagshausen, today part of Braunschweig – 8 April 1916, in Braunschweig) was a German ornithologist and collector of bird eggs. Adolph's father worked at the Abbey in Riddagshausen. His early schooling wa ...

) - Contribution to the knowledge of birds from Borneo. * ''Dr. Platen's ornithologische Sammlungen aus Amboina'', 1882 (with Adolf Nehrkorn) - Dr. Platen's ornithological collection from Amboina. * ''Über die letzten Vorkommnisse des Riesen-Alks (Alca impennis)'', 1883 - On the last occurrences of the

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(''Alca impennis''). * ''Ueber einige Vögel von Cochabamba in Bolivia'', 1885 - On some birds of Cochabamba in

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. * ''Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Vogelfauna von Celebes'', 1885 - Contribution to the knowledge of birds from the Celebes. * ''Die Vögel von Gross-Sanghir'', 1888 - Birds of Greater Sanghir. * ''Die anthropologische litteratur Braunschweigs und der nachbargebiete'', 1900 - Anthropological literature of Braunschweig and neighboring areas.WorldCat Search
(publications)

References

*Beolens, Bo & Watkins, Michael (2003). ''Whose Bird?: Men and women commemorated in the common names of birds'', Christopher Helm, London. German ornithologists 1845 births 1912 deaths Scientists from Braunschweig People from the Duchy of Brunswick Academic staff of the Technical University of Braunschweig 19th-century German zoologists {{ornithologist-stub