Adolph from La Valette-St. George

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Adolph Frhr. v. La Valette-St. George

Adolph Freiherr von La Valette-St. George (born November 14, 1831 at Auel Castle , † November 29, 1910 in Bonn ) was a German zoologist and anatomist.

origin

His parents were Philipp Jacob Joseph from la Valette-St. George (born December 31, 1791 - June 7, 1851) and his wife Francesca Josepha Elisabeth, born von Broë-Diepenbend (1794–1876).

Life

Valette studied medicine at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin , the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München . Since 1852 he was a member of the Corps Guestphalia Berlin . 1855 in Berlin for Dr. phil. and in 1857 Dr. med. doctorate , he completed his habilitation in 1858 at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . There he was in 1859 Prosektor , 1862 associate professor and in 1875 full professor of anatomy. He wrote important works on the evolutionary history of animals (especially the arthropods ) and on spermatogenesis in mammals . In 1867 he was the first to describe the Golgi apparatus , which he discovered in the sperm cells of snails. With Heinrich Wilhelm Waldeyer he edited the "Archive for Microscopic Anatomy" from 1875 and from 1889 still with Oscar Hertwig . In 1882 he was elected to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .

family

He married Anna von Niesewand (1839–1930), a daughter of the Prussian Major General Leopold Otto von Niesewand , on August 11, 1863 at Lehrbach Castle . The couple had several children:

  • Otto Franz Hubert Joseph (1865–1936) ⚭ 1889 Gabriëlle Minna Brigitte Hergersberg (* 1871)
  • Maria (1866–1946) ⚭ Franz Victor Lazarus Bonaventura Freiherr von Ohlen and Adlerskron (1863–1949)

Fonts

  • Spermatogenesis in mammals and man. Bonn 1878.
  • A new fish hatcher. Bonn 1882.

literature

  • Gustav Fock : camp directory ... 328 Normal and comparative anatomy and physiology, history of development, anthropology, zoology: libraries of A. von Kölliker, Würzburg, and Ad. Baron von la Valette St. George, Bonn. Leipzig 1907.
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses. 1891. Volume forty-first, p. 487.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 2/64
  2. ↑ Who Named It: Camillo Golgi
  3. ↑ Member entry by Adolph Frhr. by la Valette St. Georg at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on June 11, 2016.
  4. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses 1899. P. 684.
personal data
SURNAME La Valette-St. George, Adolph von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES La Valette-St. George, Adolph Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German anatomist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Auel Castle
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1910
Place of death Bonn