Paul Kramer

Born in Berlin on December 3, 1842, Paul Kramer — also listed as Matthias Paul Kramer — was a German pedagogue, provincial school official, and biologist. He studied mathematics, philosophy, and natural sciences in Halle, Göttingen, and Berlin, and earned a doctorate at the University of Halle in 1865.

Much of his professional life was devoted to education. He taught at schools including Schulpforta and Schleusingen, later became a senior teacher and then rector at the Francke Foundations in Halle, and in the early 1890s moved to Magdeburg to serve as a provincial school councillor. Sources also note that he served in the wars of 1864, 1866, and 1870.

Alongside his teaching career, he carried out detailed zoological research, especially on mites. His first publications on Acari appeared in 1875, and later work contributed to the study and classification of water mites. He died in Magdeburg on October 30, 1898. No suitable confirmed portrait image was found from the pages checked, so no profile image is included.