Carl Rabl

Carl Rabl

Carl Rabl (born May 2, 1853 in Wels , Austria ; † December 24, 1917 in Leipzig ) was an Austrian zoologist and anatomist .

Life

Carl Rabl came from a family of doctors who emigrated from Bavaria to Upper Austria in the 18th century . He attended the Stiftsgymnasium Kremsmünster and studied medicine and zoology at the universities of Vienna , Leipzig and Jena . He was awarded Dr. med. did his doctorate and habilitation a year later in descriptive anatomy. After two years as a private lecturer , he became a senior lecturer in 1885 . o. Professor appointed.

In 1886 he followed the call of the (divided) Karl Ferdinand University to the chair of anatomy. In 1890/91 he was dean of the medical faculty and in 1903/04 he was rector of the university. In 1904 he moved to the University of Leipzig as the successor to Wilhelm His . In 1917 he retired .

Rabl made important contributions to cell research , fertilization , gastrulation and cotyledon formation . He drew the illustrations for his publications himself. He developed the theory of the constancy of chromosomes . Hans Chiari proposed Rabl three times in vain for the Nobel Prize in Medicine between 1902 and 1910 .

Rabl was married to Marie born in 1891. Virchow, a daughter of Rudolf Virchow . He was an honorary member of the Prague University Choir Bards .

Memberships

• Austrian Academy of Sciences
• Academy of Sciences in Göttingen
• Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences
• Prussian Academy of Sciences
• Saxon Academy of Sciences

Honors

• Councilor (1902)
• Honorary doctorate from the University of Oslo (1911)

Fonts (selection)

• About cell healing . Morphological Yearbook, Vol. 10, 1885. Digitized
• Theory of the Mesoderm , 1897.
• On the construction and development of the lens , 1900.
• The Development of the Face , Vol. 1 (1906).
• History of anatomy at the University of Leipzig . Leipzig 1909.

literature

• E. Guggenberger: Upper Austrian Medical Chronicle, 1962.
• M. Jantsch:  Rabl Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 361.
• Christa Riedl-Dorn:  Rabl, Carl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , pp. 73 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Wikiquote: Carl Rabl  - Quotes

• Literature by and about Carl Rabl in the catalog of the German National Library
• Article about Carl Rabl on whonamedit.com (English)
• Overview of Carl Rabl's courses at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1904 to summer semester 1914)
• Carl Rabl in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Christa Riedl-Dorn:  Rabl, Carl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , pp. 73 f. ( Digitized version ).
2. ↑ Habilitation thesis: On the development of the pan snail
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Carl Rabl in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
4. ↑ Rector's speech (HKM)
5. ↑ Nominations on nobelprize.org
6. ↑ See footnote 60 in [1]
7. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 194.
8. ↑ Bavarian Academy of Sciences: Prof. Dr. Carl Rabl , members of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
9. ^ Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences: Members of the predecessor academies - Carl Rabl
10. ^ Members of the SAW: Karl Rabl. Saxon Academy of Sciences, accessed on November 22, 2016 .