Franz Peter Möhres
Franz Peter Möhres (born April 24, 1912 in Cologne ; † January 5, 1989 ) was a German zoologist. He was a full professor of zoology and director of the zoophysiological institute he founded at the University of Tübingen .
Life
Möhres studied natural sciences in Cologne, was from 1942 to 1954 assistant and later senior assistant to Karl von Frisch in Munich . After Möhres initially received a job as a private lecturer in 1953, he was appointed full professor of zoology and director of the Zoophysiological Institute in Tübingen a year later.
Work area
His field of work was the physiology of animals, especially sensory physiology and orientation research.
Works
- Investigations into the question of the perception of pressure differences (experiments on bottom fish), 1940.
- On the ultrasound orientation of the horseshoe bat , Chiroptera-Rhinolophinae, 1953
- Beetle , form and color, abundance and splendor, together with Ewald Reitter (for the color tables), Stuttgart 1963, with a preface by Ernst Jünger .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Memorial days of the University of Tübingen
- ↑ Käfer (1963), blurb.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Möhres, Franz Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th January 1989 |