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Mar 23, 1869 Zeitz, Saxony Anhalt, Germany Died on 29 Oct 1934 (aged 65)
German naturalist
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About Kurt Floericke
- Kurt Ehrenreich Floericke (also spelled Curt and/or Flöricke; 23 March 1869, in Zeitz – 29 October 1934, in Stuttgart) was a German naturalist and author of numerous popular science books. From 1889, Floericke studied natural sciences in Breslau and Marburg and he gained a doctorate in 1893 with a thesis on the bird fauna of Silesia.
- He then extended his studies to east and south-east Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and South America.
- In 1902, he moved to Vienna, where he made a living as an author.
- His financial position was assured when he became the editor and owner of Kosmos Die Zeitschrift für alle Freunde der Natur, Kosmos Magazine for the Friends of Nature 1904- Stuttgart.
- Floericke inspired the formation of the Süddeutsche Vogelwarte, the South German Ornithological Institute.
