Alfred Nehring

Alfred Nehring (29 January 1845 in Gandersheim – 29 September 1904 in Berlin-Charlottenburg) was a German zoologist and paleontologist.

His paleontology work attracted interest from Rudolf Virchow, and in 1881 he became a professor of zoology at the newly founded Royal Agricultural University / Landwirtschaftliche Hochschule in Berlin.

His main interests were in the Pleistocene fossils from Thiede, Immendorf, Groß- and Klein-Vahlberg, Schöppenstedt, Hornburg and Osterode, Neinstedt, Suderode, Gernrode, Quedlinburg and Westeregeln.

[1] Nehring was a member of the Leopoldina Academy and in 1895 he received an Order of the Red Eagle, IVth Class.

Nehring's scientific investigations involved modern and prehistoric vertebrates, being particularly interested in the history and morphology of domesticated animals (horses, dogs, etc.).