Heinrich Hermann Robert Hartmeyer (born 19 May 1874 in Hamburg; died 13 October 1923 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German zoologist.
From 1892 he studied medicine and biology at the University of Bonn; from 1895 he studied at the University of Leipzig with Rudolf Leuckart and at the University of Breslau (now Wrocław in Poland) with Willy Kükenthal. In 1898 he received his PhD at Breslau. [1]
In 1899, he conducted marine zoological studies in Messina, at Stazione Zoologica in Naples and in Rovinj. In 1900, he became a research assistant. From 1908, he was curator at the Zoological Museum of the University of Berlin. [1]
Since 1894, he was a member of the Corps Palatia Bonn.
Karl Hermann Johannes Thiele was a German zoologist specialized in malacology. Thiele was born in Goldap, East Prussia. His Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde is a standard work. From 1904 until his retirement in 1925 he was the curator of the malacological collection at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Thiele described more than 1.500 new species of molluscs; until today their types are deposited with the Museum of Natural History in Berlin. Especially important are his works on the Mollusca of the First German Antarctica Expedition and of the German Deep Sea Expedition aboard the vessel Valdivia.
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