Fritz Müller
German · 1822–1897
Johann Friedrich Theodor Müller, better known as Fritz Müller (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈfɾits ˈmileʁ]), and also as Müller-Desterro, was a German biologist who emigrated to southern Brazil, where he lived in and near the city of Blumenau, Santa Catarina. There he studied the natural history of the Atlantic forest and was an early advocate of Darwinism. Müllerian mimicry is named after him.
Capture of the "Savannah" by the "U.S.S. Perry"
Fritz Müller
National Gallery of Art
