Heinrich Gätke [SEP] place of birth
Heinrich Gätke
Heinrich Gätke (Born 19 May or 19 March 1814 in Pritzwalk – Died 1 January 1897 in Heligoland) was a German ornithologist and artist. 
Biography.
The son of a baker, he was sent to study commerce in Berlin but became a painter. In 1837 he travelled to the island of Heligoland for the first time. From 1841 he decided to live there and from 1843 he studied birds on the island. He studied ornithology and made a collection. In 1891 a station was established in Heligoland
". In the autumn of 1874 he went to the island of Heligoland to learn about the ornithological knowledge accumulated by Heinrich Gätke; soon after the visit Cordeaux wrote a paper for "The Ibis" describing Gätke’s collection. In 1879 Cordeaux collaborated with J. A. Harvie-Brown in persuading keepers of lighthouses and lightvessels on the coasts of England and Scotland to accumulate information on bird migration. At the summer 1880 meeting at Swansea, the British Association formed a committee headed by Alfred Newton with Cordeaux as secretary; the purpose of