| LC control no. | n 85815985 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mertens, Robert, 1894-1975 |
| Variant(s) | Mertens, R. (Robert), 1894-1975 Mertens, Robert Friedrich Wilhelm, 1894-1975 |
| Associated country | Germany |
| Birth date | 1894-12-01 |
| Death date | 1975-08-23 |
| Place of birth | Saint Petersburg (Russia) |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main (Germany) |
| Affiliation | Natur-Museum und Forschungs-Institut Senckenberg Universität Frankfurt am Main Universität Leipzig (1409-1953) |
| Profession or occupation | Zoologists Herpetologists Natural history museum directors |
| Found in | LCCN 60-16347: His The world of amphibians and reptiles, 1960 (hdg.: Mertens, Robert, 1894- ) LC data base, 7-26-85 (hdg.: Mertens, Robert, 1894- ; usage: Robert Mertens) OCLC, Feb. 27, 2007 (hdg.: Mertens, Robert, 1894- ; usage: Robert Mertens; R. Mertens) Herpetologische Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Kamerun, 1938: title page (Robert Mertens) Wikipedia, Feb. 27, 2007 (Robert Mertens; b. Dec. 1, 1894, Saint Petersburg, Russia; d. Aug. 23, 1975) Wikipedia, July 15, 2021 (Robert Mertens; Robert Friedrich Wilhelm Mertens; German herpetologist; moved to Germany in 1912, where he earned a doctorate in zoology from the University of Leipzig in 1915; worked at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt 1919-1960, retiring as director emeritus; he also taught at Goethe University Frankfurt; died 18 days after being bitten while feeding his pet savanna twigsnake, no applicable antivenom existed at that time) Wikimedia Commons, July 15, 2021 (Robert Mertens; director of the Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main, 1946-1959; died in Frankfurt am Main) |
| Associated language | ger |
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