HOFFMEISTER, Werner Friedrich. Braunschweig14.3.1819 — near Firozshah, Punjab 21.12.1845. German Physician, Zoologist and Botanist. Son of a priest, in 1827 the family moved to Wolfenbüttel. Lost his parents in the 1830s. After gymnasium in Braunschweig studied from 1839 medicine and natural sciences at Berlin and Bonn. Dr.Med. 1843 Berlin (diss. on earthworms). In 1844 went to India in the retinue of the Prussian prince Friedrich Wilhelm Waldemar. They travelled in Ceylon and in North India from Calcutta as far as the Punjab, also visiting Kathmandu. With prince he joined British army in Sikh war and was shot during a skirmish between British and Sikhs. His brother published the letters he sent from his travel.
Publications: Briefe aus Indien. Nach dessen nachgelassenen Briefen und Tagebüchern herausgegeben von Dr. A. Hoffmeister. 12+393 p. Braunschweig 1847, English translation Travels In Ceylon And Continental India: Including Nepal And Other Parts Of The Himalayas, To The Borders Of Tibet. 1848.
Sources: Wikipedia (more in German version).
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