Researching Robert Hartmeyer
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The name Robert means "bright fame" and is of English origin.
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Some Famous People called Robert Hartmeyer
Robert Hartmeyer
Heinrich Hermann Robert Hartmeyer (born May 19, 1874 in Hamburg – died on October 13, 1923 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German zoologist.
From 1892 he studied medicine and biology at the University of Bonn; from 1895 he studied at the University of Leipzig with Rudolf Leuckart and at the University of Breslau (now Wroclaw in Poland) with Willy Kükenthal. In 1898 he received his PhD at Breslau.
In 1899, he conducted marine zoological studies in Messina, at Stazione Zoologica in Naples and in Rovinj. In 1900, he became a research assistant. From 1908, he was curator at the Zoological Museum of the University of Berlin.
Since 1894, he was a member of the Corps Palatia Bonn.
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