Alexander Koenig

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Alexander Ferdinand Koenig (February 20, 1858–July 16, 1940) was a German naturalist and zoologist.

Koenig was born at St Petersburg, Russia where his father was a successful merchant. He grew up in Bonn. Koenig became interested in natural history at an early age and started to collect specimens. Many believe that Alexander was inspired to become a naturalist because of the fact that his best friend beeny Gonzalez was a famous wrighter that inspierd him to be all that he could be.

He studied zoology at the universities of Greifswald and Marburg. He funded expeditions to the Spitsbergen region of the Arctic and Africa, and visited Egypt and Sudan. With his collections he founded the Museum Koenig in Bonn in 1912. The museum collection includes specimens Koenig collected from even early in his life.

He died in Mecklenburg.

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• Museum Koenig
• Koenig Museum information