Alexander Goette
Alexander Wilhelm Goette (born December 31, 1840 in Saint Petersburg , † February 5, 1922 in Handschuhsheim ) was a German zoologist and embryologist who made contributions to the developmental biology of vertebrates , worked as a lecturer and wrote zoological textbooks.
Life
Son of the doctor and state councilor Ernst Bernhard Goette , who belonged to the Russian nobility, and Natalie Goette nee Bach , Goette studied medicine at the University of Dorpat from 1860 . 1866 doctorate he at the Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen for Dr. med. In 1872 he became a zoological assistant at the Kaiser Wilhelms University of Strasbourg . After completing his habilitation there, he was appointed associate professor in 1877 and director of the municipal museum in 1880. From 1882 to 1886 he was a professor at the University of Rostock . From 1886 he worked again in Strasbourg.
From 1920 he was an associate member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .
Like Carl Gegenbaur, Goette dealt with the history of the development of vertebrates and wrote excellently illustrated works. An interest in the anatomy of death made him the author of a historical work on medieval dances of death .
Works (selection)
- The history of the development of the toad (Bombinator igneus) as the basis of a comparative morphology of the vertebrates several editions. 1874, 1879. doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.3644 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.10868 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.2160
- About the development and regeneration of the newt's limb skeleton . L. Voss, Leipzig 1879 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.4899
- About the origin of death . Voss, Leipzig, 1883.
- Animal science . Strasbourg, 1890.
- Claus and the development of the Scyphomeduses . Leipzig, 1891 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.11314
- Holbein's dance of death and its role models . Strasbourg, 1897.
- Comparative history of development of the sex individuals of the hydropolypes . Leipzig 1907 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.7427
- The evolution of animals: critically examined . Berlin, de Gruyter, 1921. urn : nbn: de: hebis: 30: 3-91246
literature
- Georg Uschmann: Goette, Alexander Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 579 ( digitized version ).
- Alexander Goette . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 8, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1907, p. 173 .
Web links
- Literature by Alexander Goette in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Alexander Goette in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry to Alexander Goette. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ^ Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium. Alexander Goette. University of Rostock, accessed on March 29, 2015 .
- ^ Members of the previous academies. Alexander Goette. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on March 29, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | God, Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goette, Alexander Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist and university professor in Strasbourg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 1922 |
| Place of death | Glove home |