Hans Hermann Behr

Hans Hermann Behr
Hans Hermann Behr
Born	18 August 1818 Köthen (Anhalt), Germany
Died	6 March 1904 (1904-03-07) (aged 85) San Francisco, California
Nationality	German-American
Citizenship	German
Scientific career
Fields	botany, medicine, anthropology, entomology
Author abbrev. (botany)	Behr

Hans Hermann Behr (August 18, 1818, Köthen – March 6, 1904, San Francisco) was a German-American doctor, entomologist and botanist. At the time of his death, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that he was "reckoned among mental giants" and that he was "an authority of world-wide prominence" in many branches of science.^[1]