Carl Edward Hellmayr

Carl Edward Hellmayr (January 29, 1878 Vienna, (Austria ) - February 24 - 1944 Orselina (Switzerland) ) was an Austrian ornithologist.

life and work

Hellmayr was born in Vienna and studied at the University of Vienna. After his studies he worked in Vienna, Munich, Berlin, Paris, Tring (GB) and in Chicago.

In 1908 he was appointed Curator of the Bird Department at the Munich Museum, where he became a specialist in Neotropical birds, studying Johann Baptist von Spix's collection of Brazilian birds.

main work

In 1922 he was made Curator in Zoology at the Field Museum in Chicago. He stayed there till 1931. His books included 13 of the 15 volumes of the "Catalogue of Birds of the Americas" (1918-1949) and "The Birds of Chile" (with Henry Boardman Conover).

1931 he went back to Vienna. In 1938 he emigrated first to England and then to Switzerland. He died in 1844 in Orselina in Switzerland.

references

* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3793/is_200307/ai_n9274860 Neotropical ornithology: Then and now - Francois Vuilleumier]
* [http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v061n04/p0616-p0622.pdf Zimmer - "In Memoriam - Carl Eduard Hellmayr"]