Gustaf de Lattin
Gustaf de Lattin (born July 9, 1913 in Antwerp , † August 27, 1968 in Saarbrücken ) was a German zoologist and professor at the University of Saarland .
Life
De Lattin lived in Wolfenbüttel from the age of five until his Abitur , studied zoology , botany and genetics in Braunschweig and Berlin and received his doctorate in 1938 with a thesis on isopod eyes . He then worked as an assistant at the Erwin Baur Institute in Müncheberg , before he took over the management of the genetics department at the Institute for Grapevine Breeding Research in 1942 and qualified as a professor in Mainz in 1950 . In 1960 he became full professor of zoology at Saarland University.
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His research focused on the systematics and genetics of the lepidoptera , general evolutionary research, genetics and biogeography . He built up the zoological institute of the Saarland University and put together an extensive collection of lepidopters that is unique in Germany at least. After the restructuring of the south-west German university landscape , this collection was transferred to the Center for Biodocumentation as a permanent loan .
Publications (selection)
- Contributions to the zoogeography of the Mediterranean region (1948)
- About the zoogeographical conditions in the Middle East (1950)
- On the evolution of the western Palearctic lepidopteran fauna I and II (1953)
- The Centers of Distribution of the Holarctic Land Wildlife (1957)
- Postglacial Disjunction and Race Formation in European Lepidoptera (1958)
- Darwin as a classic in animal geography
- Zoogeography Floor Plan (1967)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lattin, Gustaf de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist, biogeographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 1968 |
| Place of death | Saarbrücken |