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Búrlivák Otto Herman - priekopník ochrany prírody
Title Búrlivák Otto Herman - priekopník ochrany prírody Par.title Rapturous Otto Herman - pioneer of nature conservation Author info Peter Urban Author Urban Peter 1962- (100%) UMBFP09 - Katedra biológie a ekológie
Source document Folia Oecologica : Acta Universitatis Prešoviensis. Roč. 7, č. 2 (2015), s. 8-13. - Prešov : Vydavateľstvo Prešovskej univerzity v Prešove, 2015 Person keywords Herman Otto uhorský polyhistor 1835-1914 Keywords ochrana prírody - nature protection - nature conservation život a dielo - life and work Language Slovak Country Slovak Republic systematics 719 929 Annotation Otto Herman (1835 - 1914), was a prominent scientist, zoologist, ethnographer, archaeologist, journalist and politician; a pioneer of natural history research and nature conservation in the broader region, too. He was born in Brezno (today´s central Slovakia) in the family of Carpathian Germans. In 1847, he migrated with his family to Alsó Hámor near Miskolc. Otto Herman founded the Animal Protection Society in 1883 and the Hungarian Ornithological Center in 1893. He established scientific journal Aquila in 1894 and he was its editor until his death. He was assigned to write the book “About birds‘ advantages and disadvantages“ by Ignác Darányi, minister of agriculture, in 1901. Besides his systematic scientific research, Herman was also dedicated and zealous popularizator of natural sciences and conservation. Public work category BDF No. of Archival Copy 34833 Catal.org. BB301 - Univerzitná knižnica Univerzity Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici Database xpca - PUBLIKAČNÁ ČINNOSŤ 
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