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Person
Authorized form of name
Hediger, Dr Heini
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Description area
Dates of existence
1908-1992
History
Heini Hediger was a Swiss biologist noted for work in proxemics in animal behaviour and is known as the "father of zoo biology". Hediger was formerly the director of Tierpark Dählhölzli (1938-1943), Zoo Basel (1944-1953) and Zürich Zoo (1954-1973)