Friedrich Ris

Friedrich Ris (* 1867 in Glarus ; † January 30, 1931 in Rheinau ) was director of the " Rheinau insane asylum " and an important Swiss dragonfly researcher .

His father of the same name, Friedrich Ris, was a merchant from Fluntern . His mother was Maria Schmid. He attended high school in Zurich. He then studied from the winter semester of 1885 at the University of Zurich and graduated on May 3, 1890. His doctorate as Dr. med. followed on June 24, 1890. The subject of the dissertation was: Clinical contribution to renal surgery ... (VZU 725). He then initially worked as a psychiatrist and entomologist in Mendrisio and between 1898 and 1931 was director of the " Rheinau insane asylum ". Since 1930 he was an honorary member of theSchaffhausen Natural Research Society . Its author's abbreviation is R is.

Ris was the first writer or setter

of the genera :
- Archaeophlebia
- Argyrothemis
- Eothemis
- Eleuthemis
- Elga
- Hylaeothemis
- Notiothemis

of species
- Allorhizucha campioni
- Anatya januaria
- Brachidyplax chalybea flavovittata
- Brachidyplax chalybea simalura
- Brachygonia ophelia
- Claophlebia interposita
- Eothemis zygoptera
- Eleuthemis buettihofferi buettihofferi
- Elga leptostyla
- Micrathyria artemis
- Micrathyria dictynna
- Micrathyria hesperis
- Micrathyria hippolyte
- Micrathyria mengeri
- Notiothemis jonesi
- Perithemis waltheri
- Rhyothemis mariposa
- Rhyothemis phyllis marginata
- Rhyothemis regia exul
- Rhyothemis severini
- Sympetrum tibiale
- Tauriphila argo
- Tauriphila xiphea
- Tetrathemis iregularis dives
- Zenithoptera viola

Web links

Heinz Balmer: Friedrich Ris. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Brief portrait of the Schaffhausen City Archives (with photo)
Literature by and about Friedrich Ris in the catalog of the German National Library
Matriculation edition of the University of Zurich
Gabriele Spiller: From the butterfly hunter who headed the psychiatry. Der Landbote , January 4, 2018

personal data
SURNAME	Ris, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss dragonfly researcher and director of the Rheinau insane asylum
DATE OF BIRTH	1867
PLACE OF BIRTH	Glarus
DATE OF DEATH	January 30, 1931
Place of death	Rheinau