Hans Bluntschli

Hans Bluntschli (February 19, 1877 – July 13, 1962) was a Swiss anatomist. He received his medical degree from Heidelberg University in 1903, and taught at multiple universities before becoming the chair of anatomy and embryology in Bern in 1933, where he remained until his retirement in 1942.[1] On expedition in 1931, he recovered two juvenile specimens of birds, which were identified in 1996 as a distinct species, but were later identified through genetic analysis to be specimens of white-throated oxylabes.[2] His expeditions included the Amazon Rain Forest from 1912 to 1913, and Madagascar from 1932 to 1933, during which he recovered the specimens now know to be white-throated oxylabes.[1]

Hans Bluntschli
Hans Bluntschli, c. 1910
Born(1877-02-19)February 19, 1877
Frankfurt, Germany
DiedJuly 13, 1962(1962-07-13) (aged 85)
Bern, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Occupationanatomist

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References
  1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (28 August 2014). The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472905741.
  2. Fjeldså, Jon; Mayr, Gerald; Jønsson, Knud A.; Irestedt, Martin (8 October 2012). "On the true identity of Bluntschli's Vanga Hypositta perdita Peters, 1996, a presumed extinct species of Vangidae". British Ornithologists' Club. 133 (1). Retrieved 3 June 2017.


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