Heinrich Dohrn’s family was from
Pomerania (now in Poland). His father was the entomologist
Carl August Dohrn (1806–1892), and his brother was
Anton Dohrn (1840–1909), founder of the short-lived marine station at
Messina and then
Stazione Zoologica. He studied at
Stettin, getting his diploma in 1858. He collected
natural history specimens in
Príncipe in 1865. He became a member of the Stettin Entomological Society in 1856 that was started by his father. was the founder of the museum at Stettin to hold the collections of the naturalists of the town, members of the
Stettin Entomological Society, but this soon became an art museum. He opened the doors of the museum to the public in 1913. He engaged in 1904,
Adolf Furtwängler (1853–1907), professor of
Archaeology at the
University of Munich to reconstruct Greek marbles found as fragments. He had invested in tobacco plantations in Soekaranda
, Sumatra, and made three visits to the region. He also collected specimens, mainly of Lepidoptera, on these trips. He also had an interest in music, politics and art. He was elected to the German parliament as a liberal party member from 1874 to 1907. He went to Naples for recuperating his health and lived in Villa Pavone. He died in Florence while on the way to Naples. ==References==