Arthur Looss
Arthur Looss (born March 16, 1861 in Chemnitz , † May 4, 1923 in Gießen ) was a German zoologist and university professor.
Life
Looss studied natural sciences at the University of Leipzig , especially under Rudolf Leuckart . There he completed his habilitation in zoology in 1889, then worked as a lecturer and was appointed associate professor in 1896. In the same year, however, he moved to the School of Medicine in Cairo , where he taught and researched until the outbreak of war. In 1922 he became a full honorary professor in Giessen. Since his studies (summer 1880) he was a member of the Leipzig University Choir of St. Pauli (now the German Choir ).
His main scientific work is the two-volume monograph on ankylostomas ( hookworms ): “It will remain a top-quality standard work for all time,” says a medical dictionary published in 1932.
Works
- About degenerative phenomena in the animal kingdom, especially about the reduction of the frog's larvae tail and the histolytic processes occurring in the course of the same , Leipzig 1889
- Parasitism in the animal world , Leipzig 1892
- The distomes of our fish and frogs. New studies on the construction and development of the distome body , Stuttgart 1894
- The anatomy and life history of Anchylostoma Duodenale Dub. , 2 volumes, 1905/1911
Web links
- Overview of Arthur Looss' courses at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1889 to summer semester 1896)
- Arthur Looss in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
Individual evidence
- ↑ Complete directory of the Pauliner from summer 1822 to summer 1938, Leipzig 1938, page 74
- ↑ Gottlieb Olpp: Outstanding tropical doctors in words and pictures. Munich 1932. p. 246.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Looss, Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chemnitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 1923 |
| Place of death | to water |