Hans War

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Hans Krieg (born June 18, 1888 in Vaihingen an der Enz , † October 5, 1970 in Geretsried ) was a German ethnologist and zoologist .

Life

Krieg graduated from Heilbronn secondary school , which he graduated from in 1908. He studied medicine and zoology in Tübingen (6 semesters) and Munich (5 semesters). In Tübingen he became a member of the Germania Tübingen fraternity in 1909 . In 1914 he was in Munich with Richard Hertwig to Dr. phil. (nat.) PhD . During the First World War he worked as a military doctor . In 1920 he received his doctorate, this time in Tübingen at Martin Heidenhain , with a thesis on the papillae of the tongue of the rabbit to Dr. med.

In 1921 he completed his habilitation and was given a chair at the University of Tübingen. From 1923 to 1938 he carried out four expeditions to South America , later also to East Africa . He was director of the zoological state collection and the first director of the scientific collections of the Bavarian state in Munich. Later he was director of the Museum Alte Akademie in Munich.

Hans Krieg was the author of numerous articles and books about his travels and his scientific work. In his publications he was not only active as a narrator, but also as a draftsman and illustrator.

Hans Krieg is the great-great-uncle of the artist Tilmann Krieg .

Fonts (selection)

  • Contributions to the question of rudimentation after observations on Anguis fragilis, Chalcides tridactylus and Lacerta serpa. In: Archive for Development Mechanics of Organisms. Vol. 45, No. 4 (August 29, 1919), pp. 571-601 (dissertation, University of Munich, 1914).
  • Via the mechanically acting papillae of the rabbit tongue. In: Journal of Anatomy and History of Development . Vol. 61 (1921), No. 1/2, pp. 76-113, doi: 10.1007 / BF02593671 (dissertation, University of Tübingen, 1920).
  • Jungle and Kamp. Verlag von Strecker and Schröder, Stuttgart 1925, 173 pages with 58 drawings by the author
  • Indian country: pictures from the Gran Chaco. Verlag von Strecker and Schröder, Stuttgart 1929, 155 pages with 71 drawings by the author and 26 panels (photos) by E. Lindner and M. Kiefer.
  • Yaguareté: animal images from South America. Verlag Josef Kösel and Friedrich Pustet, Munich 1933, 109 pages with 40 drawings and vignettes by the author
  • The deer in biological terms. J. Neumann, Neudamm 1936
  • Under the South American sun. Verlag August Schröder, Stuttgart 1948, 182 pages with 34 drawings and 16 panels (photos) by the author.
  • Between the Andes and the Atlantic. Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 1948, 492 pages with 347 hand drawings and 4 watercolors by the author.
  • My African sketchbook. F. Bruckmann, Munich 1960.
  • The great unrest. My path in life as an animal lover and biologist . Ed. Paul Parey, Hamburg and Berlin 1964.
  • A man went hunting. BLV, Munich 1967.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Willy Nolte (Ed.): Burschenschafter Stammrolle. Directory of the members of the German Burschenschaft according to the status of the summer semester 1934. Berlin 1934. P. 271.
  2. ^ Fritz Nüßlein : Professor Dr. phil. et med. Hans Krieg 80 years. In: Journal for Hunting Science. Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 139 f., Doi: 10.1007 / BF01999715 .
personal data
SURNAME War, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ethnologist and zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Vaihingen an der Enz
DATE OF DEATH 5th October 1970
Place of death Geretsried