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| Hans Herman Behr |
| Family
Name: |
Behr |
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Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
Hans Herman |
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| DOB |
18 August 1818
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DOD |
1904 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Koethen, Anholt, Germany
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| School:
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University:
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Halle, Wurzburg, Berlin |
| Qualifications:
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MD Berlin 1843
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Speciality:
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| Other
Occupations: |
Botanist
Naturalist |
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| Voyages:
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"George Washington" from Bremen arr. Adelaide 12 September 1844
"Heerjeboy Rustomjee Patell" dep. Adelaide for Batavia 9 October 1845
"Victoria" from Hamburg arr. Port Adelaide 6 November 1848
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| Came
out as: |
Ship's surgeon |
| Date
Settled Aus: |
1844
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Date
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| Addresses:
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Germany
South Australia 1844-1845 (shipping record)
Germany 1846-1848 (Kraehenbuehl)
South Australia 1848-1849 (Kraehenbuehl)
Manila, Phillipines 1849 (Kraehenbuehl)
San Francisco, USA onwards (Kraehenbuehl) |
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| Positions
Held: |
Professor of Botany at Californian College of Pharmacy |
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| Notes:
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In Germany 1846-1848 approx. cataloging his botanical and entomological material from Australia
In 1848 visited Murray River and again Barossa and Mount Lofty, leaving in 1849 for Phillipines and later San Francisco
Leading authority on insects and butterflies
Most of the information in this record comes from the article by Kraehenbuehl |
| Acknowledgments:
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| References: |
Kraehenbuehl DN. Dr. H. H. Behr's two visits to South Australia 1844-45 and 1848-49. Journal of the Adelaide Botanical Gardens 1981;3(1):101-23
Pearn J, Cobcroft M. Fevers & Frontiers. Brisbane, 1990
Pearn J. Doctor in the garden. Brisbane, 2001
Bound for South Australia website [Dr. Hermann Behr on "Victoria" from Hamburg arr. 6 November 1848 visiting Australia for the second time as a physician]
Shipping intelligence. Adelaide Observer 14 September 1844 [H. H. Behr on "George Washington" from Bremen]
Shipping. Adelaide Observer 11 October 1845 [H. H. Buhr (sic) on "R. H. Patel" (sic) for Batavia]
South Australian Register (Adelaide) 7 November 1848 |
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