Niels Kjærbølling

Niels Kjærbølling
Niels Kjærbølling by Budtz Müller
Born11 October 1806
Died2 January 1871
Occupation(s)Ornithological writer and lithographer

Niels Kjærbølling (11 October 1806 – 2 January 1871) was a Danish ornithological writer and lithographer. He founded a menagerie in 1859, which is considered the predecessor of the Copenhagen zoo. He popularlized bird study in Denmark with some of the earliest illustrated works on the birds of the region.

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