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Jul 29, 1850 Witzenhausen, Hesse, Germany Died on 27 Feb 1915 (aged 64)
German ornithologist
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About Hans Von Berlepsch
- Count Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig von Berlepsch (29 July 1850 – 27 February 1915) 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.
