Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch

Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch was a German ethnographer, naturalist and colonial explorer. He is known for a two-volume monograph on the parrots of the world which earned him a doctorate. He also wrote on the people of New Guinea and was involved in plans for German colonization in Southeast Asia.

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Who was born first?

• Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch and Francis Garnier were born the same year
• Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch and Nikolay Przhevalsky were born the same year
• Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch was born 1 year before Edward Drinker Cope
• Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch was born 1 year before Edward Whymper
• Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch was born 1 year after John Muir

Timeline

1. John MuirApril 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914
2. Francis GarnierJuly 25, 1839 – December 21, 1873
3. Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch (this page)August 8, 1839 – January 31, 1917
4. Nikolay PrzhevalskyMarch 31, 1839 – October 20, 1888
5. Edward Drinker CopeJuly 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897
6. Edward WhymperApril 27, 1840 – September 16, 1911

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