Bernhard Hantzsch

Bernhard Adolph Hantzsch
Born12 January 1875 (1875-01-12)
Dresden, Germany
DiedJune 1911 (1911-07) (aged 36)
Baffin Island, Canada
Known forDiscovered two new Icelandic bird subspecies
Scientific career
FieldsOrnithologist

Bernhard Adolph Hantzsch (12 January 1875 – June 1911) was a German ornithologist, Arctic researcher, and writer, notable for his discovery of two Icelandic bird subspecies. Hantzsch was the first white man to cross Baffin Island.

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