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Bernhard Grzimek

1909 - 1987

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Bernhard Klemens Maria Hoffbauer Pius Grzimek (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʒɪmɛk]; 24 April 1909 – 13 March 1987) was a German zoo director, zoologist, book author, editor, and animal conservationist in postwar West Germany. During the Third Reich, he served as a veterinarian in the army. After World War II, he popularized the study of animals and an interest in wildlife in Germany, acting as the public face of Frankfurt Zoo, producing a popular German magazine called Das Tier, giving radio talks and appearing on a popular television series Ein Platz für Tiere [A place for animals] in the 1950s and 60s, apart from producing a multi-volume encyclopedia on animals. He wrote another book Kein Platz für wilde Tiere [No Place for Wild Animals] (1954) which was later produced as a documentary on the problems of African wildlife. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernhard Grzimek is the 3,276th most popular writer (up from 3,311th in 2019), the 710th most popular biography from Poland (up from 724th in 2019) and the 75th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bernhard Grzimek ranks 3,276 out of 7,302. Before him are Liviu Rebreanu, Filippo Buonaccorsi, Alasdair Gray, Olena Pchilka, David Gemmell, and Armen Ohanian. After him are Anselm Grün, Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa, Raffaello Giovagnoli, Maria Edgeworth, Sophie von La Roche, and Manuel José Quintana.

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Among people born in 1909, Bernhard Grzimek ranks 180. Before him are Martin Lings, Hermann Lang, André Clot, Eric Ambler, Dana Andrews, and Claude Cahen. After him are Juan Bosch, Leyla Mammadbeyova, Cilly Aussem, Carlo Agostoni, Ivan Bek, and Tewhida Ben Sheikh. Among people deceased in 1987, Bernhard Grzimek ranks 116. Before him are Jimmy Mullen, Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean, Kishore Kumar, Ray Bolger, Arne Brustad, and Hermann Lang. After him are Adile Naşit, René Lévesque, R. Budd Dwyer, Dmitry Lelyushenko, Claudio Villa, and Rashid Karami.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Bernhard Grzimek ranks 710 out of 1,694. Before him are Marek Janowski (1939), August Zaleski (1883), Rutka Laskier (1929), Maria Dąbrowska (1889), Oskar Kummetz (1891), and Helena Modjeska (1840). After him are Miliza Korjus (1905), Aleksander Gierymski (1850), Wojciech Gerson (1831), Gustav Adolf von Götzen (1866), Samuel Eilenberg (1913), and Johann Gottlieb Georgi (1729).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Bernhard Grzimek ranks 79. Before him are Bronisława Wajs (1908), Uwe Johnson (1934), Yakov Perelman (1882), Ernst Wiechert (1887), Halina Konopacka (1900), Stefanie Zweig (1932), Maria Wirtemberska (1768), Joanna Chmielewska (1932), Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (1925), and Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (1905). After him are Zofia Posmysz (1923), and Stanisław Konarski (1700).

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