Karl Hoffmann (7 December 1823 – 11 May 1859) was a German physician and naturalist. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7vj4qh TV-film Hoffmann was born in Stettin, Kingdom of Prussia and studied at Berlin University. In 1853 he travelled to Costa Rica with Alexander von Frantzius to collect natural history specimens. With his wife, Emilia Hoffmann, he settled in San José, where he operated a consultation clinic and small pharmacy from Read more [...]