Hans Edmund Wolters
Encyclopedia
Hans Edmund Wolters was a German
ornithologist from Duisburg
. In 1960, he became an associate member of the Alexander Koenig Zoological Research Institute and Museum
in Bonn
. He became head of the museum's Department of Ornithology in 1973. He was one of the first European ornithologists to use a cladistic
classification. This is reflected in his main work Die Vogelarten der Erde (The Bird Taxa of the World).
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
ornithologist from Duisburg
Duisburg
- History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...
. In 1960, he became an associate member of the Alexander Koenig Zoological Research Institute and Museum
Museum Koenig
The Alexander Koenig Research Museum is a natural history museum and zoological research institution in Bonn, Germany. The museum is named after Alexander Koenig, who donated his collection of specimens to the institution...
in Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
. He became head of the museum's Department of Ornithology in 1973. He was one of the first European ornithologists to use a cladistic
Cladistics
Cladistics is a method of classifying species of organisms into groups called clades, which consist of an ancestor organism and all its descendants . For example, birds, dinosaurs, crocodiles, and all descendants of their most recent common ancestor form a clade...
classification. This is reflected in his main work Die Vogelarten der Erde (The Bird Taxa of the World).