Adolph Nehrkorn


Adolph Nehrkorn was a German ornithologist and collector of bird eggs.
Adolph's father worked at the Abbey in Riddagshausen. His early schooling was at Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig. After working for some years as a farmer, he went to study at the University of Berlin. In 1866 he married Ellen Streichenberg. He took a great interest in birds, collecting their eggs. His large collection of eggs was bequeathed to the Berlin Zoological Museum.
The crimson-crowned flowerpecker and the Sangihe white-eye are two avian species named in his honor.