Odo Deodatus I. Tauern

Title

Odo Deodatus I. Tauern

Identifier

Wikidata: Q103283

Bibliographic Citation

Image in: Tauern, Odo Deodatus. 1918. Patasiwa und Patalima: Vom Molukkeneiland Seran und seinen Bewohnern. Leipzig: Voigtländer, Tafel 119

Image caption: "Group of Ailfuru people from Manusela and Selimena with the author and a Dutch officer Mister Lt. I. Smeenck." German original: "Gruppe von Alfuren aus Manusela und Selimena mit dem Verfasser und einem holländischen Offizier Herrn Lt. I. Smeenck."

Birth Date

14 November 1885

Birthplace

New York

Death Date

11 July 1926

Place of death

Near Freiburg

Occupation

Anthropologist and filmmaker

Biographical Text

Odo Deodatus I. Tauern studied natural sciences in Berlin and Freiburg and received his doctorate in 1907. He joined the "II. Freiburg Moluccan Expedition" as anthropologist and offered to oversee technical matters. He was well versed in filmmaking and interested in alpine sports, which led him to found the "Berg- und Sport-Film GmbH" with other enthusiasts in Freiburg. In 1926 he had a fatal accident while climbing at Paulkefelsen in the Black Forest.

Sources:
  • Haffer, Jürgen. 1997. Ornithologen-Briefe des 20. Jahrhunderts: “We must lead the way on new paths”: The work and correspondence of Hartert, Stresemann, Ernst Mayr – international ornithologists. Ludwigsburg: Hölzinger
  • von Weiß, Hans. 1927. "Dr. O. D. Tauern †." In Akademischer Ski-Club Freiburg i. Br. Jahresbericht 1926/1927. Freiburg im Breisgau: Poppen & Ortmann

Collection

Citation

“Odo Deodatus I. Tauern,” The Mailopu Archive - Markus Mailopu and the II. Freiburg Moluccan Expedition, accessed May 3, 2025, https://www.mailopu.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/omeka/items/show/26.

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