Education
He studied ornithology as an amateur with Jean Louis Cabanis (1816–1906) and worked with Anton Reichenow (1847–1941).
ornithologist private sector banker
He studied ornithology as an amateur with Jean Louis Cabanis (1816–1906) and worked with Anton Reichenow (1847–1941).
Herman Schalow was a banker. Between 1894 and 1907, he was Vice President and 1907–1921 President of the German Ornithological Society. Schalow was the author of Die Musophagidae (1886), Die Vögel der Arktis, Birds of the Arctic (1905) and many scientific papers on birds.
He also edited the travelogue written by Richard Böhm (1854–1884) Ostafrika, Sansibar und Tanganjika heraus: Von Sansibar zum Tanganjika, Briefe aus Ostafrika von Doctor Richard Böhm (J A Brockhaus, Leipzig 1888).
Schalow described 270 species. The Berlin Museum of Natural History honoured him by naming a library after him, and Anton Reichenow named Schalow"s turaco for him.