Ernst Ehlers (zoologist)
Ernst Heinrich Ehlers (born November 11, 1835 in Lüneburg , † December 31, 1925 in Göttingen ) was a German zoologist .
Life
After high school he studied medicine and biology and was after promotion to the medical doctor as a doctor operates. After completing his habilitation , he was initially a private lecturer and prosector at the Anatomical Institute in Göttingen. He was later appointed professor of zoology at the Georg-August University in Göttingen , where he worked until his retirement and was, among other things, the doctoral supervisor of Jan Bohls and Ludwig Rhumbler .
In addition to his teaching activities, he mainly dealt with research on bristle worms and wrote the textbook Die Briststenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) based on systematic and anatomical studies (1864). He later became editor of the journal for scientific zoology founded by Carl von Siebold and Albert von Kölliker in 1848 . On January 13, 1874 ( registration number 2125 ) he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
From 1894 to 1895 he was President of the German Zoological Society (DZG) and also a long-time member of the Royal Society of Sciences in Göttingen ( Societas Regia Scientiarum Gottingensis ), today's Academy of Sciences in Göttingen . In 1915 he was secretary of this society and as such informed Albert Einstein on December 18, 1915 about his admission as a corresponding member. Since 1897 he was a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences . In 1925 Ernst Ehlers became an honorary member of the Leopoldina.
Ehlers was also known for his private art collection .
Fonts
- with Wilhelm Moritz Keferstein : Zoological contributions collected in the winter of 1859/60 in Naples and Messina . Wilhelm Engelmann , Leipzig 1861 ( archive )
- The bristle worms (Annelida Chaetopoda) shown after systematic and anatomical studies . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1864 ( digitized version )
- About a fossil Eunicee from Solenhofen (Eunicites avitus), along with remarks about fossil worms in general . In: Journal for Scientific Zoology, 18, 1868, pp. 421–443 (digitized version )
- About fossil worms from lithographic slate in Bavaria . In: Palaeontographica, 17, 1869, pp. 145–175 (digitized version )
literature
- Julius Victor Carus (Ed.), German Zoological Society: Zoologischer Anzeiger, Volume 65, Page 264, VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag., 1926
- Werner Ulrich: Ehlers, Ernst Heinrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 346 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Meyers grosses Personenlexikon , Mannheim 1968, p. 369
Web links
- Literature by and about Ernst Ehlers in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carl Th. Ernst Siebold, Albert Kölliker, Ernst Heinrich Ehlers (ed.): Journal for scientific zoology . Volume 1 ( digitized version )
- ↑ Member entry by Ernst Ehlers at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on August 13, 2017.
- ↑ Einstein and the Royal Society of Sciences in Göttingen
- ^ Members of the previous academies. Ernst Ehlers. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on March 18, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ehlers, Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ehlers, Ernst Heinrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luneburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 1925 |
| Place of death | Goettingen |