Eduard Jahn
Eduard Adolf Wilhelm Jahn (born May 20, 1871 in Berlin ; † January 23, 1942 in Hann. Münden ) was a German biologist and mycologist . His botanical-mycological author's abbreviation is " E. Jahn ".
Jahn studied natural sciences at the University of Berlin , especially biology, until his doctorate in 1894 under Simon Schwendener . He then passed the teaching examination and taught at the Oberrealschule in Berlin-Charlottenburg until 1921. From 1921 to 1938 he was a full professor of botany and mycology at the Hann forest academy. Münden . From 1933 until his retirement in 1938 he headed the Institute for Botany and Technical Mycology. His specialty were the myxomycetes , he also dealt with the myxobacteria . For anti-Semitic reasons, his appeal was directed against the mycologist Richard Falck , who was a Democrat and a Jew.
In November 1933 he signed the confession of the German professors about Adolf Hitler .
literature
- Gerhard Wagenitz : Göttingen biologists 1737–1945: A biographical-bibliographical list , Göttingen 1988
- Aniko Szabo: Expulsion, Return, Reparation: Göttingen University Lecturers in the Shadow of National Socialism , Wallstein, Göttingen 2000, p. 487f
Individual evidence
- ↑ Genus Jahnella in: List of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature
Web links
- Literature by and about Eduard Jahn in the catalog of the German National Library
- Eduard Jahn's personnel sheet in the BIL's personnel file in the archive database of the Library for Research on Educational History (BBF)
- Archive on the history of the Max Planck Society: III. Dept., Rep. 18 - Jahn, Eduard
- Author entry at Index Fungorum
- Author entry at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jahn, Eduard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jahn, Eduard Adolf Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist and forest mycologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 1942 |
| Place of death | Hann. Münden |