Eduard Bruno Dürigen (1 February 1853 – 12 February 1930) was a German science popularizer, teacher, animal keeper,
herpetologist
Herpetology (from Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, salamanders, and caecilians (Gymnophiona)) and reptiles (in ...
, and poultry breed specialist.
Dürigen was born in Erdmannsdorf (now part of
Augustusburg
Augustusburg () is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 12 km east of Chemnitz. Augustusburg is known for its ''Jagdschloss'', the hunting lodge of the same name.
The town includes the ortsteil or to ...
) near
Chemnitz
Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt (); ; ) is the third-largest city in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden, and the fourth-largest city in the area of former East Germany after (East Be ...
in Saxony to Wilhelm Eduard (born 1817), a master saddler and pigeon fancier from
Oberlichtenau who had purchased a home in 848 and married Clara Auguste Thieme in 1849. While just eleven, the young Dürigen kept pigeons and took an interest in other birds as well. He trained in
Zschopau
Zschopau (), is a town in the Erzgebirgskreis district of Saxony, Germany.
The town grew around the castle, which was built in the mid-12th century to protect the Salt Road, which crossed the Zschopau River here. Mining was also practiced from ...
as a teacher and was appointed in the
Erzgebirge
The Ore Mountains (, or ; ) lie along the Czech–German border, separating the historical regions of Bohemia in the Czech Republic and Saxony in Germany. The highest peaks are the Klínovec in the Czech Republic (German: ''Keilberg'') at a ...
area and then to Dresden where he met
Anton Reichenow
Anton Reichenow (1 August 1847 in Charlottenburg – 6 July 1941 in Hamburg) was a German ornithologist and Herpetology, herpetologist.
Reichenow was the son-in-law of Jean Cabanis, and worked at the Natural History Museum, Berlin, Natural Histor ...
. In 1874 he taught at a grammar school in Berlin-Steglitz and at the same time attended classes in botany and zoology at Berlin University. Along with
Karl Ruß
Karl Friedrich Otto Ruß (January 14, 1833, Biały Bór, Baldenburg – September 29, 1899, Berlin) was a Prussian pharmacist, Aviculture, aviculturist, author of bird-keeping books, and the founding editor of the world's first bird-fancier magaz ...
, he founded ''Isis'' a magazine for science in 1876. He quit editing in 1884 for unknown reasons and in 1890 he became an editor for an aquarium and terrarium magazine. He published a book on the amphibians and reptiles of
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
in 1897. In 1881 he was associated with the founding of the German Poultry Breeder Association in Elbersfeld and in 1886 he wrote a book on poultry breeding (''Die Geflügelzucht''). He was widely known as a specialist in the breeding of poultry. He was appointed a lecturer of poultry science in the agricultural academy in Berlin in 1906–07 and in 1925 made an honorary professor. He established a journal on poultry science ''Archiv fuer Gefluegelkunde'' (Archive of Poultry Science) and founded a museum of poultry breeds which is now in the Natural History Museum.
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Deutschlands Amphibien und Reptilien(1897)
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1853 births
1930 deaths
Animal breeders