Dieter Vogellehner
Dieter Vogellehner (born December 31, 1937 in Ellwangen ; † March 14, 2002 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Vogell. ".
Vogellehner, who grew up in Sigmaringendorf , studied biology, chemistry, geology and geography at the University of Tübingen from 1957 . Influential teachers were Walter Zimmermann and Karl Mägdefrau . In the latter , he received his doctorate in 1965 with a thesis on the subject of " Investigations into the anatomy and systematics of the silicified woods from the Franconian and southern Thuringian Keuper ".
In 1965 he became a scientific assistant at the Botanical Institute of the University of Freiburg , where he worked on the anatomy and phylogeny of gymnosperms and the carbon flora of the Black Forest . In 1969 he completed his habilitation and that year became director of the university's botanical garden , which he completely redesigned. In 1975 Vogellehner became an adjunct professor and in 1978 professor of systematic botany and paleobotany .
Vogellehner became internationally known through numerous writings and books.
Vogellehner's pupils include the paleontologist and director of the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt Volker Mosbrugger and Thomas Speck , his successor as director of the botanical garden in Freiburg.
literature
- Community of Sigmaringendorf (ed.): Chronicle of Sigmaringendorf 1249–1981 . Sigmaringendorf 1982, p. 586.
- Thomas Speck : Dieter Vogellehner - gardening director, university professor and successful scientist. In: Communications of the Badisches Landesverein für Naturkunde und Naturschutz eV NF 1, 2001, pp. 711–714.
- Dieter Vogellehner: Three and a half decades of research, teaching, the botanical garden - a look back. In: Communications of the Badisches Landesverein für Naturkunde und Naturschutz eV NF 17, 2001, pp. 717–744.
- Thomas Speck: Dieter Vogellehner in memory. In: Freiburger Universitätsblätter 41, No. 158, 2002, pp. 146–148.
- Thomas Speck: Dieter Vogellehner 1937–2002 . In: Communications of the Badisches Landesverein für Naturkunde und Naturschutz eV NF 18, 2002/04, pp. 301–304.
- Thomas Speck: Dieter Vogellehner 1937–2002 . In: Annual books of the Society for Natural History in Württemberg 158, 2002, pp. 351–353.
Web links
- Literature by and about Dieter Vogellehner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Dieter Vogellehner at the IPNI
- Botanical Garden of the University of Freiburg
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Vogelhner, Dieter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1937 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ellwangen |
DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 2002 |
Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |