Background
Fiedler, Walter was born on August 8, 1922 in Gross-Harras, Austria. Son of Hans and Therese (Asperger) Fiedler.
Fiedler, Walter was born on August 8, 1922 in Gross-Harras, Austria. Son of Hans and Therese (Asperger) Fiedler.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Vienna, 1950.
With Anatomical Institute Frankfurt/Main (Germany), 1950-1951, 57-59, Zoological Institute Fribourg(Switzerland), 1951-1953, Zoological Gardens Basel (Switzerland), 1953-1954, Zoological Gardens Zurich, 1954-1955, City Library, Graz, Austria, 1956-1957. Collaborator expedition to Ethiopia of Anatomical Institute Frankfurt-Main, 1955-1956. Zoo director Tiergarten Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria, 1959-1987, retired 1988.
Lecturer U. Vienna, 1969-1981, professor, since 1981.
Served with GermanArmy, 1941-1945. Member Osterreichische Gesellschaft für Vogelkunde (president 1976-1986), Association German Speaking Zoo Directors (president 1976-1978), International Association Zoo Directors, Zoological-Botanical Society Austria (president since 1985), Zoological Society Germany, Zoological Society Switzerland, International Primatological Society, German Mammalogical Society (3dpres.
1986-1996), American Mammalogical Society, German Ornithological Society, Anthropological Society Vienna, Anatomical Society Germany, Austrian Society History of Sciences (vice president 1992), British Fauna Preservation Society, National Geography Society (honorary), Österr.
Gesellschaft für Vogelkunde, Association German Speaking Zoo Directors, International Association Zoo Directors