Arnold Edward Ortmann

Zoologist

Birthday April 8, 1863

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Russia

DEATH DATE Jan 3, 1927 (63)

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About

Naturalist and zoologist whose work focused on invertebrates in the field of malacology. He did much of his most important work on freshwater mussels and crustaceans.

Before Fame

He studied at the University of Kiel and the University of Strasbourg.

Trivia

He was the curator of invertebrate zoology at the Carnegie Museum in 1910.

Family Life

He was born in Prussia and was a student of Ernst Haeckel.

Associated With

He was a naturalist like Charles Darwin.