
Hermann Burmeister.
'Karl Hermann Konrad Burmeister' (
January 15,
1807 -
May 2,
1892) was a
German zoologist and
entomologist.
Burmeister was professor of Zoology at the
Martin Luther University from 1837 to 1861. He travelled to
Brazil from 1850 to 1852 and
Argentina from 1857 to 1860, returning to Germany with zoological collections. In 1861 he went to live in Argentina, founding the Institute at the Museo Nacional in
Buenos Aires.
Works
★ 1829 ''De insectorum systemate naturali''. 40 pp. Grunert, Halle. [1829.??.??]
★ 1832 ''Handbuch der Entomologie''. Vol. 1, xvi+ 696 + [2] pp. Reimer, Berlin. [after 1832.10.31]
★ [1835] Bericht über die Fortschritte der Entomologie 1834-35. ''Arch. Naturgesch''. 1(2): 7-74.
★ 1837 ''Handbuch der Naturgeschichte''. [Part 2] xii + pp. 369-858. Enslin, Berlin. [1837.??.??]