Gottfried Koller
Gottfried Koller (born February 9, 1902 in Windsbach ; † July 17, 1959 in Saarbrücken ) was a German zoologist , biologist and university professor.
Life
Koller studied chemistry , geology , geography , botany and zoology at the Universities of Erlangen , Munich and Kiel . At the University of Kiel he received his doctorate in 1926. phil. with a work on chromatophores in North Sea shrimp . He continued his research as a research assistant in Kiel as part of his habilitation procedure, which he successfully completed in 1930. He then worked as an assistant at the Humboldt University in Berlin . From 1934 to 1937 he was a full professor at Shanghai University . In 1937 he switched to an extraordinary professorship at the University of Kiel. From 1941 to 1949 he was a full professor of zoology at the German University in Prague . From 1949 until his untimely death in 1959 he was a full professor at the University of Saarbrücken , and was its prorector from 1951 to 1956.
Koller researched and published mainly on comparative physiology, in particular on the sense of sight, color change and nutritional physiology.
Works (selection)
- About the chromatophore system, color sense and color change in Crangon vulgaris . Springer, Berlin 1927 (dissertation).
- Further studies on color change and color change hormones in Crangon vulgaris . Springer, Berlin 1930 (habilitation thesis).
- Introduction to the physiology of animals and humans . G. Thieme, Leipzig 1934.
- Hormones . De Gruyter, Berlin 1941.
- Data on the history of zoology: timetable, list of researchers, table of species . Athenaeum, Bonn 1949.
- Zoology . Winter, Heidelberg 1951.
- The wild mammals of Central Europe . 2nd Edition. Winter, Heidelberg 1956.
- The life of the biologist Johannes Müller 1801 - 1858 . Scientific publishing company, Stuttgart 1958.
literature
Wolfgang Müller: Prof. Dr. Gottfried Koller: From the diaries 1945-1959 , in: Journal for the history of the Saar region 46, 1998, pp. 158–181.
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SURNAME | Koller, Gottfried |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist, biologist and university professor |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1902 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Windsbach |
DATE OF DEATH | 17th July 1959 |
Place of death | Saarbrücken |