Gerhard Heilmann
Also recorded as Gerhard Vilhelm Ernst Heilmann · Gerhard Vilhelm Ernst Heilman
Gerhard Heilmann
Gerhard Heilmann · Public domain
- Born
- 1859. · Skælskør.
- Died
- 1946. · Copenhagen.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- paleontologist · painter · writer · ornithologist · ceramicist · exlibrist · draftsperson
- Known for
- The Origin of Birds
- Languages
- Danish
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The recorded working language is Danish. Places of work recorded in the authority are Copenhagen. Works named in the authority record are The Origin of Birds. Work by Gerhard Heilmann is recorded in the collections of Huis van het boek.
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Gerhard Heilmann appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Getty Union List of Artist Names as a draughtsman, painter, ceramicist, “Paläontologe” and author (25 June 1859 – 26 March 1946). Gerhard Heilmann was born on 25 June 1859 and died on 26 March 1946. For the birthplace of Gerhard Heilmann, Danmark is recorded by the Getty Union List of Artist Names and Skelskør by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. For the place of death of Gerhard Heilmann, Frederiksberg is recorded by the Getty Union List of Artist Names and Kopenhagen by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Recorded period of activity: 1923.
Gerhard Heilmann
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1859
Gerhard Heilmann was born on 25 June 1859.
1946
Gerhard Heilmann died on 26 March 1946.
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Gerhard Heilmann was born in Skælskør.
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Gerhard Heilmann died in Copenhagen.
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Skælskør.
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Copenhagen.
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- 1.Heilmann, Gerhard. The Origin of Birds. Witherby. 1926.
- 2.Salomonsen, Finn. Gerhard Heilman 25 June 1859 - 26 March 1946. Dansk Ornithologisk Forenings Tidsskrift. 40. 146–149. 1946.
- 3.Ries, CJ. Creating the Proavis: bird origins in the art and science of Gerhard Heilmann 1913–1926. Archives of Natural History. 34. 1. 1–19. 2007. 10.3366/anh.2007.34.1.1.
- 4.Ries, CJJ. Angels, Demons, Birds and Dinosaurs: Creativity, Meaning and Truth in the Life, Art and Science of Gerhard Heilmann (1859-1946). Interdisciplinary Science Reviews. 35. 1. 69–91. 2010. 10.1179/030801810X12628670445509.
- 5.Chambers, Paul. Bones of Contention, the Fossil that Shook Science. John Murray. 2002. 0-7195-6059-4.
- 6.Ries, C.J. Angels, Demons, Birds and Dinosaurs: Creativity, Meaning and Truth in the Life, Art and Science of Gerhard Heilmann (1859-1946). Interdisciplinary Science Reviews. 35. 1. 69–91. 2010. 10.1179/030801810X12628670445509.
- 7.Padian, Kevin. The Dinosauria. University of California Press. 210–231. 2004. 0-520-24209-2.
- 8.Camp, Charles L. A new type of small theropod dinosaur from the Navajo Sandstone of Arizona. Bulletin of the University of California Department of Geological Sciences. 24. 39–65. 1936.
- 9.Chure, Daniel J. On the presence of furculae in some non-maniraptoran theropods. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 16. 3. 573–577. 1996. 10.1080/02724634.1996.10011341.
- 10.Norell, Mark A. Important features of the dromaeosaurid skeleton II: Information from newly collected specimens of Velociraptor mongoliensis. American Museum Novitates. 3282. 1–44. 1999.
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