Hans Wolfgang Behm

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Hans Wolfgang Behm , pseudonym : John Elliot Emerson , (* December 20, 1890 in Karlsruhe , † April 30, 1973 in Berlin-Spandau ) was a German scientific and esoteric writer .

Life

He was the son of the Karlsruhe manufacturer and engineer Otto Behm and his wife Anna nee Fleckh. After graduating from secondary school in Karlsruhe, Hans Wolfgang Behm studied natural sciences and philosophy at the universities of Heidelberg, Freiburg im Breisgau and Hamburg. He received his doctorate as Dr. phil. From 1922 to 1924 he worked as assistant and head of the biological department at the German research institute in Karlsruhe. He then worked as a freelance writer and moved to Berlin-Mariendorf, Ankogelweg 90.

Hans Wolfgang Behm became known especially as the author of several popular scientific works, mainly on zoology, but also on Hanns Hörbiger's world ice theory and other esoteric teachings of the time. He wrote for the Kosmos publishing house, among others.

Fonts (selection)

  • Ludwig Wilser and the Germanic antiquity , in: Politisch-Anthropologische Monatsschrift 13 (1915), No. 10, pp. 542-548.
  • Colloid chemistry. Generally understandable introduction to the realm of finely divided materials , Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung , Stuttgart, 1925.
  • Dance of Chastity , Robert Laurer Verlag, 1928.
  • Hanns Hörbiger - a fate , Leipzig: Hase & Koehler, 1930.
  • Hörbiger's world ice theory , Leipzig, 1931.
  • The miracle of the forest , Berlin, 1935.
  • Wedding of flowers. The love life of plants in the natural image of the landscape , Hanover: Adolf Sponholtz, 1950.
  • The Flood and its Return , 1956.
  • Ten thousand years of Grunewald. The nature u. Development history of a forest near the city , Berlin: Kulturbuch-Verlag, 1957.
  • The flora around us. The colored book of flowers and blossoms in gardens and houses , Berlin, 1966.
  • Animals as a hobby at home. The book for all animal lovers , Berlin: Safari-Verlag, 1970.

family

Since 1928 he was married to Annemarie, the daughter of Professor Br. Von Geyso from Hamburg.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Badische Paläontologen , Freiburg im Breisgau, 1981, p. 250.
personal data
SURNAME Behm, Hans Wolfgang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Emerson, John Elliot (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German scientific and esoteric writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 1973
Place of death Berlin-Spandau