Conrad Keller (zoologist)

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Conrad Keller (born January 24, 1848 in Felben , † March 23, 1930 in Zurich , reformed , entitled to live in Felben and since 1905 in Zurich) was a Swiss zoologist .

Life

Conrad Keller's father was the butcher Jakob Keller, his mother Susanna was née Wiesmann. Keller graduated from the Frauenfeld Cantonal School and began studying zoology at the Universities of Lausanne and Zurich . After studying with Ernst Haeckel in Jena in 1874 , followed by research activities at the zoological stations in Naples and Trieste , he completed his studies with a dissertation on octopus.

Subsequently, Keller taught from 1875 as a private lecturer in zoology at the University and at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic in Zurich . Subsequently, he was appointed adjunct professor at the Polytechnic in 1889 , before he held the chair for special zoology there between 1898 and 1927 . In 1920 the University of Zurich awarded Conrad Keller an honorary doctorate in recognition of his services .

As a pet researcher, Conrad Keller undertook research trips to Ticino and Valais , three times to Africa and most recently to the Caucasus countries . He published illustrated, easily understandable books mainly on pets.

Conrad Keller, who remained unmarried, died two months after turning 82 in Zurich. His estate is kept in the ETH Library in Zurich .

Works (selection)

  • Travel pictures from East Africa and Madagascar. Winter, Leipzig 1887.
  • Nature and Folklore of the Reunion Island. Lecture. Schwabe, Basel 1888.
  • Alpine animals in the change of time. 1892.
  • The animal world in agriculture: representations from the life of the most economically important animals with special consideration of their relations to our domestic animals and cultivated plants. 1893.
  • The life of the sea. 1895, doi : 10.3929 / ethz-a-005780481 .
  • The East African Islands. Schall & Grund, Berlin 1898.
  • The lineage of the oldest domestic animals. 1902.
  • Natural history of pets. 1905.
  • Alfred Ilg : His life and work as a Swiss cultural messenger in Abyssinia. Huber, Frauenfeld 1918.
  • History of the Swiss domestic animal world. 1919.
  • Memoirs of a Swiss naturalist. 1928.

literature

  • Negotiations of the Swiss Natural Research Society. 1930, pp. 465–479, with catalog raisonné .
  • Hanspeter Hartmann-Frick: Conrad Keller - a famous zoologist. In: Thurgauer Jahrbuch . Vol. 55, 1980, pp. 104-113. ( e-periodica )

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Keller, Conrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Felben
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1930
Place of death Zurich