Emil Selenka
Emil Selenka (born February 27, 1842 in Braunschweig , † February 20, 1902 in Munich ), son of Johannes Selenka , was a German zoologist and explorer .
Selenka studied science at the University of Göttingen and became a member of the Braunschweig fraternity of Germania before moving to Göttingen . In 1868 he became professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Leiden . In 1874 he moved to the University of Erlangen . In 1896 he was accepted as an extraordinary member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .
Selenka mainly worked on evolutionary history, especially that of echinoderms and vertebrates.
He was one of the founders of the journal Biologisches Zentralblatt .
Together with his wife Leonore, he went on a two-year research trip to East Asia.
Works
- Selenka, Emil u. Leonore: Sunny worlds. East Asian travel sketches. Borneo - Java - Sumatra - Middle East - Ceylon - Japan . Wiesbaden, Kreidel, 2nd reworked. u. supplemented edition, ed. by Leonore Selenka, 1905.
Individual evidence
- ^ Carl von Voit : Emil Selenka (obituary) . In: Meeting reports of the mathematical-physical class of the KB Academy of Sciences in Munich . tape 32 , 1902, pp. 241–248 ( online [PDF; accessed April 11, 2017]).
Web links
- Literature by and about Emil Selenka in the catalog of the German National Library
- Emil Selenka's estate in the Basel University Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Selenka, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist and explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1902 |
| Place of death | Munich |