Gerhard Pretzmann

Gerhard Pretzmann
Born(1929-09-08)September 8, 1929
Vienna, Austria
DiedJanuary 20, 2013(2013-01-20) (aged 83)
Vienna, Austria
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Known forResearch on freshwater crabs, contributions to environmental ethics, and evolutionary theory
Scientific career
FieldsZoology, Paleontology, Ethology, Evolutionary theory
InstitutionsNatural History Museum, Vienna
Thesis Soziales Verhalten bei Süßwasserfischen (Social behavior in freshwater fish)  (1958)
Doctoral advisorKonrad Lorenz and Otto Koenig

Gerhard Pretzmann (8 September 1929 – 20 January 2013) was an Austrian zoologist and paleontologist at the Natural History Museum, Vienna. He founded and led the Vienna section of the Working Group on Evolution, Future of Humanity and Questions of Meaning (AGEMUS).

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