Bernhard Rawitz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bernhard Rawitz

German anatomist

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1857

Place of Birth: Ostrów Wielkopolski, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 28-Dec-1932

Profession: zoologist, military physician, anatomist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Bernhard Rawitz (23 August 1857, Ostrowo - 28 December 1932) was a German military physician, anatomist and zoologist. He studied medicine at Kaiser Wilhlem Akademie in Berlin, afterwards serving as a military doctor in Metz (1880–83).
He later worked at the zoological stations in Naples (1887–88, 1890) and Rovigno (1892-1898).
In the late 19th century he journeyed to northern Norway (Tromsø, Sørvær, Trollfjord, Bear Island), where he performed studies of cetaceans.In 1889, he qualified as a lecturer of comparative anatomy, and in 1912, was appointed an associate professor to the museum of pathology at the University of Berlin.