Georg Grimpe

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Johann Georg Grimpe (also called Georg von Grimpe ; born February 16, 1889 in Leipzig ; † January 22, 1936 ibid) was a German zoologist. His research focus were the cephalopods (Cephalopoda).

Life

Grimpe was the son of Georg Grimpe (1853-1927), innkeeper and owner of the Thuringian Hof inn in Leipzig, and his wife Christiane Carol. In 1909 he studied natural sciences, particularly zoology and comparative anatomy, in Leipzig . Influenced by Carl Chun , Grimpe increasingly devoted himself to marine animals, especially the cephalopods (cephalopods). In this field he soon became one of the leading German experts with an international reputation. Grimpe conducted extensive studies at the marine biological institutes in Naples , Villefranche-sur-Mer , Helgoland , Monaco and others. In 1912 he received his doctorate with his dissertation on the blood vessel system of the octopus. He then worked as an assistant at the Leipzig Zoo . Here he was mainly busy with the scientific design of the aquarium and terrarium. From 1915 he assisted in the zoological institute of the University of Leipzig, where he was later responsible as curator for the maintenance and reorganization of the extensive collection of marine animals. From 1922 Grimpe taught as a private lecturer at the University of Leipzig. In 1928 he was appointed professor. At the age of 24, muscle paralysis tied him to a wheelchair so that he had to be carried, especially on his numerous excursions. In 1933 he was one of the professors who made a commitment to Adolf Hitler . Grimpe's journalistic activity began in 1913 with the publication of his doctoral thesis in the Journal of Scientific Zoology . In 1926, in collaboration with Erich Wagler, the marine biological standard work "The animal world of the North and Baltic Sea" was published. From 1927 he was editor-in-chief of the international magazine Der Zoologischer Garten . In 1928 he was editor of the fourth edition of Brehms Thierleben .

Grimpe's first scientific descriptions include the order Vampyromorpha , the families Stauroteuthidae , Bathothaumatidae and Chtenopterygidae , the subfamilies Eledoninae and Octopodinae as well as numerous genera of cephalopods.

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SURNAME Grimp, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grimpe, Johann Georg (full name); Grimpe, Georg von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1936
Place of death Leipzig