Alfred Edmund Brehm (born February 2, 1829 in Unterrenthendorf, now called Renthendorf; died November 11, 1884 in Renthendorf) was a German zoologist, natural history illustrator and writer, the son of Christian Ludwig Brehm. Through the book title Brehms Tierleben, his name became a synonym for popular zoological literature.
Bird-life; being a history of the bird, its structure, and habits, together with sketches of fifty different species (1874).
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