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Henry Francis Nachtrieb also in the spelling variant Henry F. Nachtrieb (born May 11, 1857 in Galion , Ohio , † July 25, 1942 in Berkeley , California ) was an American zoologist and university professor .

Life

Family and education

Henry Francis Nachtrieb, son of Christian Nachtrieb and his wife Friedericka Diether Nachtrieb, who grew up near the city ​​of Galion in the state of Ohio, graduated from German Wallace College in Berea from 1874 to 1877 . He then turned to the study of biology at the University of Minnesota , where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1882 . He went on to study zoology at Johns Hopkins University , where he remained until 1885.

Henry Francis Nachtrieb married Anna Eisele on June 21, 1886. The after-drive, who resided on Pleasant Avenue in Minneapolis during his career , moved to Berkeley, California, where he died in the summer of 1942 at the age of 85.

Professional background

Henry Francis Nachtrieb returned to the University of Minnesota after completing his studies at Johns Hopkins University, where he was transferred to the position of Instructor in Biology , in 1886 he was promoted to Assistant Professor , a year later to Professor of Animal Biology and Head of Animal Biology Department . In addition, Nachtrieb played a key role in the creation of the General Alumni Association , whose first president he served from 1904 to 1916. He retired in 1925 . Nachtrieb was also employed as the State Zoologist for the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota from 1889 to 1912 .

Henry Francis Nachtrieb, editor of the Reports of the Geological and History Survey of Minnesota, Zoölogical Series, 1892-1912, published in particular treatises on echinoderms and on the paddlefish ( Polyodon spathula ). Nachtrieb held a fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science , as well as memberships in the American Society of Naturalists, the American Society of Zoologists, the American Association of Anatomists, the American Genetic Association, the Phi Beta Kappa , the Sigma Xi and in the Psi Upsilon.

Fonts

• Notes on echinoderms obtained at Beaufort, 1886
• together with PL Hatch, Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota: First report of the state zoölogist, Harrison & Smith, printers, Minneapolis, 1892
• together with CL Herrick, Charles Hampden-Turner: Second report of the State Zoologist, including a synopsis of the Entomostraca of Minnesota, in: Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota .; Zoological series, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn., 1895
• The lateral line system of Polyodon, Cambridge, 1910
• with Ernest E. Hemmingway, J. Percy Moore: The leeches of Minnesota: part 1, General account of the habits and structure of leeches, in: Zoological series (Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota), volume 5, Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., 1912

literature

• Elwin Bird Johnson: Dictionary of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., 1908, p. 153.
• Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching: Annual Report - Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, volume XXXVIII, The Rumford press, Concord, NH, 1842, p. 117.
• Genetics Society of America: Records of the Genetics Society of America, xolume XI, Genetics Society of America, Upton, LI, NY, 1942, p. 13.
• Who was who in America. : volume II, 1943-1950 with world notables , Marquis Who's Who, Inc., Chicago, Ill., 1975, p. 392.

Web links

• Henry Francis Nachtrieb papers, 1886-1929, University of Minnesota Archives. Retrieved September 13, 2013