Ottó Herman

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Hungarian archaeologist, ethnographer, biologist, politician (1835-1914)

PoliticiansLived 1835 to 1914 · aged 79

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Ottó Herman born Herrmann Károly Ottó was a Hungarian zoologist, ethnographer, archaeologist, journalist and politician.

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Herman with fellow bird observers, c. 1891

Ottó Herman's holiday home in Lillafüred, Hungary

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1900Legion of Honour

Politicians born in the 1830s 6

William Arrol43.0

Nikolay Svyatopolk-Mirsky42.9

Nikolai Gerard43.2

Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey42.9

Æneas Mackay43.3

Konstantinos Konstantopoulos42.5

About this person

Ottó Herman born Herrmann Károly Ottó was a Hungarian zoologist, ethnographer, archaeologist, journalist and politician. A polymath recognized as a pioneer of Hungarian natural history research, he made numerous studies on Hungarian spiders, birds, and fishes, and founded the journal Natural History Notebooks and the ornithological journal Aquila. He is called "the Father of the birds" in Hungary. A member of several learned societies including the Royal Hungarian Society of Natural History, Hungarian Linguistics Society, Hungarian Society of Ethnography, he was elected to the Hungarian Parliament. The Ottó Herman Museum of Miskolc was named after him.

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