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Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke was born on 13 June, 1914 in Saatzig, Pomerania, German Empire, is a Temple Emanuel Great Neck NYburt neuborne. Discover Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?
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Zoologist, ornithologist, herpetologist |
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86 years old |
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Gemini |
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13 June 1914 |
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13 June |
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Saatzig, Pomerania, German Empire |
| Date of death |
21 November, 2000 |
| Died Place |
Hamburg, Germany |
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Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke's Wife?
His wife is Maria Koepcke
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Maria Koepcke |
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Juliane Koepcke Diller |
Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke Net Worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke (13 June 1914 – 21 November 2000) was a German zoologist, ornithologist, and herpetologist.
Koepcke studied at the University of Kiel, Germany, earning a doctorate in Natural Sciences in 1947.
He then traveled to Peru where he started work at the Javier Prado Museum of Natural History in Lima, an institution affiliated with the National University of San Marcos.
Along with his wife Maria, whom he met at the University of Kiel and later married in Peru, he spent much of his life studying the Peruvian and South American fauna.
He co-authored with Maria many scientific publications, mostly ornithological.
His greatest individual academic accomplishment was the publication (in German) of the 1,684 page two volume opus entitled Die Lebensformen: Grundlagen zu einer universell gültigen biologischen Theorie (Life Forms: The basis for a universally valid biological theory), in 1971 and 1973.
According to François Vuilleumier, curator of the Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History in New York City: The number of topics covered in this monumental work (volume 1, pages 1–789; volume 2, pages 790–1,684) is simply astonishing, and includes the concept of adaptation, death of individuals and of species, homology, systematics, ecological specialization, teleology, convergences, social signalization, mimicry, sexuality, mating systems, and many others.
Richly illustrated, this work draws its empirical examples from many forms of life, where birds, and Peruvian or South American birds especially, figure prominently.
On 24 December 1971, Koepcke's wife Maria was killed in the crash of LANSA Flight 508 in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.
Their daughter, Juliane, who was on the flight with her mother was the sole survivor of the crash, having fallen from 3000 m still strapped into her seat.
Injured, Juliane Koepcke survived 11 days hiking without food until she was rescued.
After returning from Peru to Germany, Koepcke lived in Hamburg, where he worked at the herpetology department and taught zoology at the Zoological Institute and Museum of the University of Hamburg.
A species of Peruvian lizard, Microlophus koepckeorum, is named in honor of him and his wife.
