Herluf Winge

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Herluf Winge

Adolf Herluf Winge (born March 19, 1857 in Copenhagen , † November 10, 1923 in Hellerup ) was a Danish zoologist .

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Adolf Herluf Winge was the son of Karl Gustav Winge and his wife Anna Kirstine Mønster. He began to study in Copenhagen in 1874 and received his master's degree in 1881. In 1883 he began to work at the Copenhagen Zoological Museum , where he became vice-inspector in 1885.

Winges specialties were the Mammalogy (Mammalogy) and Ornithology . Another focus of his research was the fauna of Greenland .

Works (selection)

  • Om Arvicola arvalis i Danmark . 1875
  • Om Muldvarpens and Spidsmusenes Kranier and Spidsmusenes systematic Stilling . 1877
  • Om nogle Smaapattedyr i Danmark . 1882
  • Om Pattedyrenes Tandskifte, især med Hensyn til Tændernes Former . 1882
  • Om Steppehønen i Danmark i 1888 .
  • Conspectus Faunæ Groenlandica. Grønlands Fugle . 1898
  • Om jordfundne Fugle fra Danmark . 1903
  • Om jordfundne Pattedyr fra Danmark . 1904

literature

  • Mathilde Hertz: Herluf Winges services to the comparative morphology of mammalian teeth . In: Journal for Morphology and Ecology of Animals . Dept. A of the Journal of Scientific Biology . Volume 6, No. 1, 1926, pp. 78-82.
  • Theodor Mortensen: Herluf Winge (1857-1923) . In: Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year 1924 . Washington 1925

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personal data
SURNAME Winge, Herluf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Winge, Adolf Herluf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1923
Place of death Hellerup