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Günther Tessmann

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German explorer, botanist and zoologist (1884-1969)

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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).

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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.

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Germany
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deceased
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Lived 1884 to 1969 · aged 85
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