Eduard Seler

Eduard Georg Seler was a prominent German anthropologist, ethnohistorian, linguist, epigrapher, academic and Americanist scholar, who made extensive contributions in these fields towards the study of pre-Columbian era cultures in the Americas.

5 December 1849

Born on the same birth day (5 December): Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs • Arthur Currie • Bhumibol Adulyadej • Cliff Floyd • December 5 • Francesco Geminiani • Hans Hellmut Kirst • Jessica Paré • Jianwen Emperor • Madis Kõiv • Manish Malhotra • Nivek Ogre • Nobel Prize in Physics • Paul Painlevé • Ronnie O'Sullivan • Sachiko Kokubu • Sarel van der Merwe

Born in the same month (December 1849): August von Mackensen • Henrietta Edwards • Henry Clay Frick • John Milne • Mary Hartwell Catherwood