17 July 1810 – 12 March 1896
Born: Marlburg, Germany. Emigrated to Cuba, 1838.
Died: Havana, Cuba.
Occupation: Malacologist. Naturalist.
Education: Ph.D., University of Marlburg, 1827.
Society Service:
Travels: Extensive travels in the West Indies.
Collection Deposition: Museum Poey, Havana, Cuba.
Research Interests:
Data from: Abbott, R.T., and M.E. Young (eds.). 1973. American Malacologists: A national register of professional and amateur malacologists and private shell collectors and biographies of early American mollusk workers born between 1618 and 1900. American Malacologists, Falls Church, Virginia. Consolidated/Drake Press, Philadelphia. 494 pp.
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