Bernhard Eunom Philippi | |
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Born | Charlottenburg, Germany | September 19, 1811
Died | August 1852 (aged 40–41) Somewhere outside Punta Arenas, Chile |
Cause of death | Retaliatory killing |
Bernhard Eunom Philippi (September 19, 1811, in Charlottenburg – c.August 1852) was a German naturalist, explorer and colonization agent for Chile. He played an important role in the Chilean colonization of the Strait of Magellan and the German colonization of Valdivia, Osorno and Llanquihue.[1][2]