Adolph Schultz (anthropologist)
Adolph Hans Schultz (born November 14, 1891 in Stuttgart ; † May 26, 1976 in Zurich ) was a German - Swiss primatologist , anthropologist and university professor .
Life
Family and education
Adolph Schultz, born in Stuttgart, son of the businessman Karl Julius Johannes Schultz and the Swiss-born Sophie, born Frick, moved with his family to Zurich after the early death of his father, where he obtained his Matura in 1910 . He then turned to studying natural sciences at the Universities of Zurich and Bern . Adolph Schultz, who among other subjects Zoology and Comparative Anatomy finished with Professor Georg Ruge, operational from 1913 anthropological studies, was founded in 1916 by Professor Otto Schlaginhaufen to Dr. phil. PhD .
In 1924 Adolph Schultz married the US citizen Travis, the daughter of John Bader. He died in Zurich in May 1976 at the age of 84.
Professional background
Adolph Schultz, who moved to the United States after completing his degree, took up a position as a Research Associate at the Carnegie Institute's Embryological Research Laboratory in Washington, DC in 1917 . In 1925 he followed a call as associate professor of physiological anthropology at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore , in the state of Maryland . In 1936 he was elected to the American Philosophical Society and in 1939 to the National Academy of Sciences . Schultz, who undertook field expeditions with a focus on primatology to Nicaragua , Panama and Asia in the 1920s and 1930s , returned to Switzerland in 1951, in the same year he was appointed full professor of physiological anthropology and director of the anthropological institute at the University of Zurich, In 1962 he retired .
Adolph Schultz, co-editor of the standard work Primatologia , published since 1956, stood out in particular as the author of important papers on paleanthropology and systematics, comparative anatomy , evolution and pathological phenomena in primates. In recognition of his services in his field, Adolph Schultz was awarded, among other things, an honorary doctorate from the University of Basel .
Publications
- Anthropological investigations on the skull base, dissertation , Vieweg, Braunschweig, 1917
- The body proportions of the adult catarrhine primates, with special consideration of the great apes, Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, 1933
- Observations on the growth, classification and evolutionary specialization of gibbons and siamangs, Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, Md., 1933
- Growth and development of the chimpanzee, Washington, 1940
- Some observations and measurements on the skeleton of Oreopithecus: In comparison with other catarrhine primates, Stuttgart, 1960
- The primates, Loewit, Wiesbaden, 1972
literature
- Werner Schuder (Hrsg.): Kürschner's German learned calendar. Volume 2, 10th edition, Berlin 1966, p. 2163.
- Walther Killy and Rudolf Vierhaus (eds.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 9, KG Saur Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-23163-6 , p. 189.
- Natalie Chaoui: Compass and shotgun: the primatological work of Adolph Hans Schultz (1891-1976), dissertation, University of Zurich, Zurich, 2003
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie, 21st edition , Volume 24, Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim, September 2006; ISBN 3-765-34145-2 . P. 518.
Web links
- Literature by and about Adolph Schultz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Natalie Chaoui: Schultz, Adolph. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member History: Adolph H. Schultz. American Philosophical Society, accessed December 2, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schultz, Adolph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schultz, Adolph Hans (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Swiss primatologist, anthropologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 1976 |
| Place of death | Zurich |