Franz Hermann Troschel

Franz Hermann Troschel (born October 10, 1810 in Spandau [today in Berlin ], † November 6, 1882 in Bonn ) was a German zoologist.

Life

Troschel studied mathematics and science in Berlin since 1831. In 1844 he completed his habilitation as a private lecturer in zoology at the University of Berlin. Since 1840 he was under the director Martin Lichtenstein curator at the Zoological Museum in Berlin. In 1849 he became professor of zoology and general science at the University of Bonn . In 1860/61 he was the rector of the university. He was a member of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors .

Honors

In 1851 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .

In his honor the following were named:

The parrot fish species Chlorurus troschelii
The Troschelstraße in Bonn district Poppelsdorf

Three variants of the parrot fish species named after him

Initial descriptions

Order: Ophiurida MÜLLER & TROSCHEL 1840

Fonts

With Johannes Müller : About the genera of the Ophiurs . In: Archive for Natural History, 6, Berlin 1840, pp. 327-330
With Johannes Müller: System der Asteriden , 1842
About the importance of teaching natural history . Berlin 1845
With Johannes Müller: Horae ichthyologicae . Berlin 1845–1849, 3 issues
About the fossil fish from the brown coal of the Siebengebirge . In: Negotiations of the Natural History Association of the Prussian Rhineland, 11, 1854, pp. 1–28, panels I – II ( digitized version )
Handbook of Zoology . Berlin 1848/1853/1859/1864/1871 (Troschel edited the 3rd to 7th edition of the manual previously published by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann and Johann Friedrich Ruthe )
- 6th edition Lüderitz, Berlin 1864 ( digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf )
The snail's teeth to establish a natural classification . Berlin 1856–1879, 2 vols. (Continued from 1866 by Johannes Thiele )

Web links

Literature by and about Franz Hermann Troschel in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Members of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors 1857
^ Member entry by Franz Herrmann Troschel at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on November 18, 2015.

personal data
SURNAME	Troschel, Franz Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 10, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH	Spandau (now part of Berlin )
DATE OF DEATH	November 6, 1882
Place of death	Bonn

[1] Members of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors 1857

[2] Member entry by Franz Herrmann Troschel at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on November 18, 2015.