Hubert Ludwig
Hubert Ludwig (born March 22, 1852 in Trier , † November 17, 1913 in Bonn ) was a German zoologist.
Ludwig studied zoology at the University of Göttingen . He published his first work on Holothuria in 1874. He was initially a private lecturer and in 1878 took over the municipal collections for natural history and ethnography in Bremen . In 1881 he was appointed to the University of Giessen . In 1887 he came to the University of Bonn as full professor of zoology and director of the Zoological Museum .
From 1882 to 1892 he wrote a comprehensive presentation of these animals, which is considered a classic of zoological literature. In 1882 he received the Göttingen Society for Science Prize for his portrayal of the development of the Asterina gibbosa valve star .
His research at the Zoological Station of Naples led in 1897 to a detailed monograph on the importance of starfish for the fauna and flora of the Gulf of Naples . The completion of his work on deep sea forms , the first part of which he published in 1910, prevented his death in 1913.
In 1881 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1898 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences . 1900/1901 he was President of the German Zoological Society . In 1901/02 he was the rector of his university.
Ludwig was considered the most outstanding echinoderma connoisseur of his time. He was one of the few in his time to advocate the study of women and accepted Maria Countess von Linden as the first woman to work as an assistant at the University of Bonn.
Individual evidence
- ^ Members of the previous academies. Hubert Ludwig. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities , accessed on May 1, 2015 (with short biography).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ludwig, Hubert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | trier |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 17, 1913 |
| Place of death | Bonn |