Willy Kükenthal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Willy Kükenthal

German zoologist

Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1861

Place of Birth: Weißenfels, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 20-Aug-1922

Profession: zoologist, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Willy Georg Kükenthal (August 4, 1861, Weißenfels – August 20, 1922, Berlin) was a German zoologist.
He was the older brother of botanist and theologian Georg Kükenthal (1864–1955).
Kükenthal specialized in the Octocorallia and on marine mammals.
He edited, along with Thilo Krumbach, a landmark series of eight volumes in the Handbuch der Zoologie series which extensively reviewed and compiled the state of zoological knowledge of the time.