# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gunther-tessmann
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:41:07.661Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gunther-tessmann"
name: "Günther Tessmann"
slug: "gunther-tessmann"
description: "Günter Theodor Tessmann was a German anthropologist, explorer, botanist and zoologist who travelled in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Peru. He wrote a two volume work on the Fang people, Die Pangwe (1913), and another on the people of Peru in Die Indianer Nordost-Perus (1930). He also collected natural history specimens and cultural artefacts for German museums, particularly in his hometown Lübeck. A number of species were described from his collections including the plant genera Tessmannia, Tassmannianthus and Tessmanniodoxa."
tagline: "German explorer, botanist and zoologist (1884-1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/G%C3%BCnther_Tessmann_1912.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1884-04-02"
deathDate: "1969-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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sources:
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    title: "Günter Theodor Tessmann"
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  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Tessmann"
    title: "Günter Tessmann"
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  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Tessmann"
    title: "Günter Tessmann"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Tessmann"
    title: "Günther Tessmann"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Tessmann"
    title: "Günter Tessmann"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Tessmann"
    title: "Günter Tessmann"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%93%D1%8E%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Тесман, Гюнтер"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump