Gerhard Krefft

{{Short description|German ichthyologist and herpetologist (1912–1993)}}

{{About||the zoologist, palaeontologist, and curator of the Australian Museum|Gerard Krefft}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|3|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lokstedt, Hamburg, Germany

| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|3|20|1912|3|30|df=y}}

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| fields = ichthyology, herpetology

| workplaces = Institute of Sea Fisheries, Hamburg

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| alma_mater = University of Hamburg

| thesis_title = "Feeding experiments Tritons (Salamandridae), with special emphasis on the uptake of vitamins

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| thesis_year = 1938

| doctoral_advisor = {{ill|Berthold Klatt|lt=Paul Erich Berthold Klatt
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| spouse = Ingeborg

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| children = 3

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| relatives = zoologist, palaeontologist,
Curator of Australian Museum,
Gerard Krefft (1830–1881)
(great-uncle).

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Gerhard Krefft (30 March 1912 - 20 March 1993) was a German ichthyologist and herpetologist.Stehmann & Hulley (1994).