Kurt Floericke

Kurt Ehrenreich Floericke (also spelled Curt and or Flöricke; 23 March 1869, in Zeitz – 29 October 1934, in Stuttgart) was a German naturalist and author of numerous popular science books.

From 1889, Floericke studied natural sciences in Breslau and Marburg and he gained a doctorate in 1893 with a thesis on the bird fauna of Silesia. He then extended his studies to East and South-east Europe, North Africa, into the middle east and to South America. In 1902, he moved to Vienna, where he made a living as an author. His financial position was assured when he became the editor and owner? of Kosmos Die Zeitschrift für alle Freunde der Natur, Kosmos Magazine for the Friends of Nature 1904- Stuttgart. Floericke inspired the formation of the Süddeutsche Vogelwarte, the South German Ornithological Institute.