August Dehnel
August Gustaw Dehnel (born June 25, 1903 in Warsaw , † November 22, 1962 ) was a Polish zoologist . The "Dehnel-Effekt" ( English Dehnel’s phenomenon ) was named after him.
Life
August Gustaw Dehnel was a son of the physicist Michał Dehnel († December 30, 1924) and his wife Maria Sliwicka. In 1922 he began studying at the University of Warsaw and in 1926 received his doctorate in philosophy.
After the attack on Poland in 1939, Dehnel was drafted as a lieutenant and became a German prisoner of war. In the Groß Born prison camp , he gave lectures on biology and organized courses. He belonged to the small group of advisers to the Polish camp commandant.
In May 1946 he returned from captivity and began to work in the State Zoological Museum in Lublin . A year later he came to the Maria Curie Skłodowska University in Lublin. It was here that he began his research series that led to the discovery of the phenomenon of seasonal changes in the size of the brainshell in shrews. This discovery, which he published in 1949, was first referred to in 1958 by Hans Schubarth as "Dehnel's phenomenon".
Dehnel later became an associate professor at the University of Warsaw. He became a member of scientific academies and took part in many international congresses.
August Dehnel was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland .
literature
- Zdzisław Pucek: August Dehnel - His Life and Work. (with photo). In: Acta Theriologica. Vol. VIII, No. 1, 1964, pp. 1-10. ( Digitized version )
Individual evidence
- ^ A. Dehnel: Studies on the genus Sorex L. In: Ann. Univ. Mariae Curie-Skłodowska. Sect. C 4, No. 2, Lublin 1949, pp. 17-102.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dehnel, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dehnel, August Gustaw (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1962 |