Gerolf Steiner

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Gerolf Steiner (born March 22, 1908 in Strasbourg , Alsace ; † August 14, 2009 ), pseudonyms : Harald Stümpke and Hararuto Shutyunpuke , was a German zoologist , university lecturer and author.

Life

Steiner received his doctorate in 1931 from the University of Heidelberg . He completed his habilitation in 1942 at the Technical University of Darmstadt and in 1947 at the University of Heidelberg, where he was appointed adjunct professor two years later . In 1962 he became associate professor and in 1966 full professor at the Technical University of Karlsruhe .

Steiner became known worldwide through the book Construction and Life of Rhinogradentia , in which, inspired by Christian Morgenstern's Nasobēm , he described the anatomy and habits of the Rhinogradentia , a fictional order of mammals . His book, intended as a scientific joke , was published in 1961 under the pseudonym Prof. Dr. Harald Stümpke , where he was named as an illustrator under his real name.

In 1962 the translation into French took place, the book was published by a renowned French specialist book publisher, which was acknowledged with some smiles. The English translation appeared in 1967. This joke is still being expanded today, and a new edition of his book was published in 2006.

When a publisher asked if Steiner had anything similar to Rhinogradentia, he informed him in August 1966: “In the same way as the Rhinogradentier I have nothing in store and I can't do anything similar, because that's just a second, diluted infusion would; and that's just bland. Besides - as I wrote to you at the time - I am not a writer for professional humor, but simply a zoologist and university professor, that is, what one should call "a serious man." My seriousness only has limits insofar as I like to draw and work accordingly on evenings, weekends and holidays. ”At the same time, he offered the publisher the opportunity to publish the drawings he made on notepad at meetings. A publisher had previously rejected the publication, and there was no deal here either.

Works

  • Gerolf Steiner: Animal drawings in abbreviations . Stuttgart: G. Fischer 1982; Heidelberg: Spectrum Akademischer Verlag, 3rd edition 2006, ISBN 978-3-8274-1702-2
    • Japanese: Dōbutsue asobi: Chokkan de toraeru dōbutsuga ( 動物 絵 あ そ び: 直 観 で と ら え る 動物 画 ). Tokyo: Shisakusha 1987, ISBN 4783501432
  • Dochhard Wiederumb (pseud.): How to become a dictator: a guide for men and women of both sexes in family, society, business, science and politics. Heinz Moos Verlag Graefelfing before Munich: 1968
  • Justus Andereich (pseud.): Secondary results from 1001 sessions: Collected for consolation and stimulation for those sitting, compassionate and compassionate. Heinz Moos Verlag Graefelfing before Munich: 1968
  • Harald Stümpke (pseud.): Construction and life of the Rhinogradentia . With a post from Gerolf Steiner. With plates and illustrations in the text by Gerolf Steiner. Stuttgart: G. Fischer 1961; 56-57. Th. Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag 2006, ISBN 978-3-8274-1840-1
    • French: Anatomie Et Biologie des Rhinogrades. Un Nouvel Ordre de Mammifères . Paris: Masson, France 1962
    • English: The Snouters: Form and Life of the Rhinogrades . The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1967
    • Italian: I Rinogradi. Padova: Muzzio 1992 ISBN 88-7021-485-0
    • Japanese: Bikōri: Atarashiku hakken sareta honyūrui no kōzō to seikatsu ( 鼻 行 類: 新 し く 発 見 さ れ た 哺乳類 の 構造 と 生活 ). Tokyo: Shisakusha 1987, ISBN 4783501459
  • Karl DS Geeste (pseud.): Stümpke's Rhinogradentia : Attempting an Analysis. Stuttgart: G. Fischer 1987, ISBN 3-437-30559-X
  • Gerolf Steiner: We are too many - what to do? Hamburg, Berlin: Parey 1992 ISBN 3-489-53834-X

Web links

Commons : Gerolf Steiner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Title entry of the dissertation , catalog of the German National Library , accessed on April 2, 2014.
  2. ↑ Kürschner's German Scholar Calendar . 18th edition (2001). Vol. 3, p. 3154.
  3. ^ Gerolf Steiner: To the editing department of the RIFRA publishing house, 7157 Murrhardt . Freiolsheim, August 20, 1966, p. 1. G. & C. Franke collection.
personal data
SURNAME Steiner, Gerolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stümpke, Harald (pseudonym); Shutyunpuke, Hararuto (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German zoologist, university professor and book author
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 2009