Otto Friedrich Bernhard von Linstow
Otto Friedrich Bernhard von Linstow (17 October 1842 – 3 May 1916) was a German high-ranking medical officer ("Oberstabsarzt und Regimentsarzt") and helminthologist. Von Linstow was born in Itzehoe north west of Hamburg. He received his medical PhD in 1864 at the University of Kiel and worked as military doctor in Hameln, later in Göttingen, where he was promoted to a major. He published his book "Compendium der Helminthology" in 1878 in Hannover. Von Linstow died 3 May 1916 in Göttingen.