Johannes Roth (zoologist)
Johannes Rudolf Roth (born September 4, 1815 in Munich , † June 26, 1858 in Hasbeya on Mount Hermon , Lebanon ) was a German zoologist and explorer .
family
Roth was the son of the lawyer and royal Bavarian State Councilor and senior consistorial president Friedrich von Roth (1780-1852) and Katharina Merkel (1792-1842).
Life
In his hometown he studied medicine and natural sciences at the University of Munich .
He accompanied his teacher Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert (1780-1860) on his research trip to Egypt and Palestine in 1836/1837 . From 1839 he toured the East Indies and the north west coast of Africa for scientific research. In the years 1841/1842 he stayed in Djibouti .
In 1843 he became professor of zoology at the University of Munich . Since 1846 he was an extraordinary member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . In 1852 he made a second and in 1856 a third trip to Palestine. On this last trip he died in Hasbeya at the age of 37.
literature
- Haim Goren: Johannes Rudolf Roth - A life for research on Palestine. In: German Evangelical Institute for Classical Studies of the Holy Land. Volume 5. 1997, pp. 22f.
- GH von Schubert: mixed writings, with additions to the author's autobiography. Palm & Enke, Erlangen 1857-1860.
- Viktor Hantzsch : Roth, Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, pp. 530-533.
Web links
- Ancestors of Johannes Roth ( memento from December 25, 2015 in the web archive archive.today )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roth, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Roth, Johannes Rudolf (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist and explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1858 |
| Place of death | Hasbeya |