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Ferdinand Stoliczka, Moravian palaeontologist and ornithologist (born 1838)

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Ferdinand Stoliczka

Moravian palaeontologist

Ferdinand Stoliczka was a Moravian palaeontologist who worked in India on paleontology, geology and various aspects of zoology, including ornithology, malacology, and herpetology. He died of high altitude sickness in Murgo during an expedition across the Himalayas.
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