Carl H. Dorner | |
Birth Name: | Carl Herman Dorner |
Birth Date: | 22 December 1837 |
Birth Place: | Hamburg |
Death Place: | Okauchee Lake, Wisconsin |
Occupation: | Academic administrator, politician |
Party: | Republican |
Office: | Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly |
Constituency: | Milwaukee County Fourth District |
Term Start: | 1908 |
Term End: | August 13, 1911 |
Carl Herman Dorner (December 22, 1837 – August 13, 1911) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Dorner was born on December 22, 1837, in what is now Hamburg, Germany. He attended the University of Jena and Leipzig University.[1]
From 1871 to 1875, Dorner directed the Zoological Garden of Hamburg. He later helped layout and organize the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. Dorner went on to join the faculty of the German-English Academy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, eventually becoming its principal.[1]
Dorner died on August 13, 1911, at his daughter's summer home in Okauchee Lake.[2] He was buried in Milwaukee.
Dorner was a member of the Assembly for Milwaukee County's Fourth District from 1908 until his death.[3] Additionally, he was a member of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors from 1904 to 1908. He was a Republican.[1]