Karl Brandt (zoologist)
Karl Brandt (born May 23, 1854 in Magdeburg , † January 7, 1931 in Kiel ) was a German zoologist and marine biologist .
Life
Karl Brandt was the son of the pharmacist Albert Brandt in Schönebeck (Elbe) . He studied natural sciences at the Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Berlin and in 1877 at the Friedrichs University Halle to Dr. phil. PhD . He then worked as an assistant to Emil Du Bois-Reymond at the Physiological Institute of the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, before moving to the Zoological Station in Naples in 1882 .
In 1885 he completed his habilitation at the Albertus University in Königsberg with Carl Chun . Assigned to represent Karl August Möbius since April 1887 , he followed him on April 11, 1888 to the chair of zoology at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel . At the same time he was appointed director of the Zoological Institute and Museum. In 1887 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina Academic Academy . In 1899/1900 he held the post of rector of the CAU. His rector's speech dealt with the metabolism in the ocean . In addition, he was a lecturer at the Naval Academy and School (Kiel) from 1887 to 1913 .
In 1888 he took part in the plankton expedition of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation under the direction of Victor Hensen . He was able to demonstrate the importance of the dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus compounds for marine life. In 1898 he accompanied Albert I of Monaco on his yacht Princesse Alice to Spitzbergen . In 1922 he retired . After Hensen's death in 1924 he took over the chairmanship of the Prussian Commission for the Investigation of the German Seas .
Karl Brandt was married to Olga Milly Maria Mathilde Brandt geb. Behnke (1865–1936) and father of four sons and two daughters.
Fonts (selection)
- About the biological investigations of the plankton expedition . In: Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau 5, 1890, pp. 112–114
- with Johannes Reibisch: The substance balance in the sea . Stuttgart 1933 (= Handbook of Sea Fisheries Northern Europe , Vol. 1, Issue 6)
- with Carl Apstein (ed.): Nordic Plankton , 8 vols., Kiel and Leipzig 1901–1942.
literature
- Friedrich Volbehr and Richard Weyl: Professors and lecturers at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel 1665 to 1915 , Schmidt and Klaunig, Kiel 1916, p. 116
- Johannes Reibisch: Karl Brandt, died on January 7, 1931 . In: Journal du Conseil internationale pour l'Exploration de la Mer 6, 1931, pp. 157-159
- Johannes Krey: Brandt, Andreas Heinrich Carl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 532 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Brandt in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dissertation: About Actinosphærium Eichhornii
- ↑ Rector's speech (HKM)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brandt, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brandt, Andreas Heinrich Karl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist, marine biologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 7, 1931 |
| Place of death | Kiel |