Georg Uschmann

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Georg Uschmann (born October 18, 1913 in Naumburg , † September 13, 1986 in Jena ) was a German science historian and director of the Leopoldina archive .

Life

Uschmann studied zoology and botany as well as history, philosophy and physical exercise at the University of Jena from 1933 to 1939 . In 1937 he became a member of the NSDAP . In 1938 he was an assistant at the Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (EHH) Jena, the then "Institute for the History of Zoology, especially Development Studies" under the direction of Victor Franz . In 1939 he completed his studies with the work The morphobiological concept of perfection in Goethe and its problem-historical connections . From 1940 he was a soldier in World War II , most recently as a captain.

He was in Soviet captivity until 1950 and then returned to the Ernst Haeckel House. In 1952 he became senior assistant. 1959 followed the habilitation.

He became a lecturer in the history of biology and was director of the Ernst Haeckel House from 1959 to 1979. From 1962 Uschmann was also a professor with a teaching position and from 1965 a full professor for the history of natural sciences at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena. In 1963 he was Vice Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.

In 1964 he became a member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina and in 1967 director of the Leopoldina archive. He was a corresponding member of the Académie internationale d'histoire des sciences .

Areas of work and works

The work of Ernst Haeckel , Charles Darwin , Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck , Carl Gegenbaur , Friedrich Rolle , Daniel Gottlieb Messerschmidt and Caspar Friedrich Wolff ; Biology of Goethe's time , history of zoology, especially phylogenetics and evolutionary theory; Academy history.

Honors

In 1978 he received the Leopoldina Medal of Merit .

In 1997, the Georg Uschmann Prize for the History of Science was founded by the couple Eugen and Ilse Seibold , which is awarded every two years at the Leopoldina's annual meeting for an excellent dissertation in the fields of the history of science or medicine.

Fonts

  • The morphological concept of perfection in Goethe and its problem-historical connections. (= Dissertation University of Jena) G. Fischer, Jena 1939, OCLC 250644949 .
  • Ernst Haeckel - researcher, artist, person. Letters, selected and explained. Urania-Verlag, Jena 1954, OCLC 838609271 .
  • History of zoology and zoological institutions in Jena 1779–1919. G. Fischer, Jena 1959, OCLC 2353239 .
  • Ernst Haeckel. Biography in letters. Prisma Verlag, Gütersloh 1984, ISBN 3-570-09027-2 .

literature

  • Uschmann, Georg. In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition, Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
  • Heinz Bethge : Awarding of the Leopoldina Medal of Merit to the director of the Academy's archive, Georg Uschmann. In: Colloquium on the history of science. (= Acta Historica Leopoldina. No. 13 1980), OCLC 604676039 , pp. 6-8.
  • Ilse Jahn : In memoriam Georg Uschmann (1913–1986). In: Communications of the biological society of the GDR. 3, 1986 pp. 46-48.
  • Gunter Mann: Georg Uschmann †. In: News sheet of the German Society for the History of Medicine, Natural Sciences and Technology. 37, 1987, pp. 11-12.
  • Hans Querner: Georg Uschmann 1913–1986. In: Reports on the history of science . 10, 1987, pp. 67-68.
  • Heinz Bethge: Georg Uschmann †. With a portrait after the pastel by Susanne Berner. Leopoldina (R. 3) 32.1986, 1988, pp. 81-84.
  • Wieland Berg: Georg Uschmann (October 18, 1913 - September 23, 1986). List of publications and bibliography of his lectures. Yearbook 1993, Leopoldina (R. 3) 39, 1994, pp. 427-454.
  • Ilse Jahn: On the life and work of Georg Uschmann (1913–86) in the field of tension of political upheaval. In: News sheet of the German Society for the History of Medicine, Science and Technology. 3, 1999.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harry Waibel : Servants of many masters. Former Nazi functionaries in the Soviet Zone / GDR. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-63542-1 , p. 348.
  2. ↑ Biographical information from the manual “Who was who in the GDR?” On bundesstiftung-aufverarbeitung.de, accessed on March 5, 2014.
  3. ^ Georg Uschmann Prize for the History of Science on leopoldina.org, accessed on March 5, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Uschmann, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German science historian and director of the Leopoldina archive
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Naumburg , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1986
Place of death Jena , GDR