Jürgen Wilhelm Harms

Jürgen Wilhelm Harms (born February 2, 1885 Bargdorf , Kr. Uelzen , † October 2, 1956 in Marburg ) was a German zoologist and university professor .

Life

Harms studied natural sciences at the Philipps University of Marburg , where he became a member of the Marburg fraternity Germania in 1904, and the University of Cambridge . 1907 doctorate he became Dr. phil. His teachers were Eugen Korschelt , Moritz Nussbaum (1850–1915), Eduard Pflüger and Franz von Leydig .

Habilitated private lecturer in Marburg since 1910 , Harms was appointed to the chair of zoology at the Albertus University in Königsberg in 1922 . In 1925 he moved to the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and in 1935 to the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena . In 1936 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . Since 1948 he was a corresponding member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences .

After the Second World War he worked - in retirement - from 1949 as a guest in the anatomical institute of the University of Marburg. 1951/52 he taught as a visiting professor at the University of Cairo .

Harms' numerous experimental works dealt mainly with endocrinology ( sex hormones in amphibians and earthworms ), aging and evolution .

^ Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (HStAMR), Best. 915 No. 5797, p. 257 ( digitized version ).
↑ Hans Saßen Hausen: Directory of all living, deceased or former member of the Marburg fraternity Germania. Private print, 1999.
↑ Dissertation: On the biology and development history of the Naiads

personal data
SURNAME	Harms, Jürgen Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German zoologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	February 2, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bargdorf
DATE OF DEATH	October 2, 1956
Place of death	Marburg