Otto Eduard Graf von Zedlitz und Trützschler

Count Otto Eduard von Zedlitz und Trützschler (23 March 1873 – 4 December 1927) was a German nobleman, naturalist, explorer and writer.Von Zedlitz was born in Silesia at the family home in Schwentnig near Zobten.He joined for military service (Leibkürassieren Regiment) following which he travelled around Spitzbergen and the Arctic circle with Arthur Berger and J. Roth around 1900.For some time towards the end of World War I, he was posted to the Eastern Front where he explored the Pripyat Marshes.His collections of more than 7000 skins was donated to the Stockholm Museum for which he received a Linnaeus Medal from the Swedish Academy of Science.
VarbergSwedenSilesiaZobtenAltenburgBreslauSpitzbergenLord RothschildErnst HartertWorld War IPripyat MarshesStockholm MuseumCamaroptera hartertiOscar NeumannAnton ReichenowJournal für Ornithologie