Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann

[2][3] During his career, he travelled widely throughout Europe — Livonia, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy.

On his journeys, he conducted research of economic conditions and natural resources.

[1] He wrote Specimen Zoologiae Geographicae Quadrupedum (1777), one of the first works on the geographical distribution of mammals (zoogeography).

[4] He was the author of works on a variety of subjects, such as mathematics, natural sciences, regional studies, and the history of discovery.

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