August Reichensperger (zoologist)

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August Carl Alexander Reichensperger (born January 8, 1878 in Koblenz , † October 31, 1962 in Bad Godesberg ) was a German zoologist and university professor .

Life

Born in Koblenz, August Reichensperger, high school graduate at the Apostelgymnasium in Cologne , then turned to studying law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin , then studying natural sciences at the Westphalian Wilhelms- University to 1905 took place in Bonn his promotion to Dr. phil. After a study trip to Naples , he completed his habilitation in Bonn in 1908 for the subjects of zoology and comparative anatomy .

In 1912 August Reichensperger took over a lectureship at the Agricultural University of Bonn-Poppelsdorf , in 1919 he followed a call to the full professorship for zoology and comparative anatomy as well as the management of the institute of the same name at the University of Freiburg , in 1928 he returned to Bonn in the same capacity, 1948 he was retired .

The research focus of August Reichensperger, grandson of the politician of the same name , concerned the echinoderms , insects and insect states . In addition, he emerged as a patron of art and homeland care.

Publications

  • On the anatomy of "Pentacrinus decorus" (Wy. Th.), Inaugural dissertation , W. Engelmann, Leipzig 1905
  • With Ivar Trägerårdh: Myrmecophiles and termitophiles from Natal and Zululand , W. Zachrissons boktryckeri a.-b., Göteborg 1915
  • With J. Thiele: Solenogastres, Mollusca, Echinodermata , Walter DeGruyter & Co., Berlin, 1925–1926
  • Die Paussiden Africa, W. Kramer, Frankfurt 1948

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personal data
SURNAME Reichensperger, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reichensperger, August Carl Alexander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German zoologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Koblenz
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1962
Place of death bad Godesberg