Michael Sars
Michael Sars (born August 30, 1805 in Bergen , Norway , † October 22, 1869 in Christiania , Norway) was a Norwegian clergyman and biologist .
He wrote numerous initial descriptions of hydrozoans and other marine animals, and was one of the first zoologists who, in addition to the external characteristics, also observed and recorded the way of life of the animals. In 1850 he refuted the abyssus theory of the English zoologist Edward Forbes by dredging in Norwegian fjords and off the Lofoten , according to which life is not possible below a water depth of about 500 meters.
He is the father of the marine biologist Georg Ossian Sars , the historian Ernst Sars and the singer Mally Lammers (1850–1929), who was married to the composer and opera singer Thorvald Lammers . His daughter Eva (1858–1907) was Fridtjof Nansen's wife .
Sars had been a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Berlin since July 26, 1855 . In 1860 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
Fonts (selection)
- Michael Sars: Fauna littoralis Norwegiae . Johann Dahl, Christiana 1846.
- Michael Sars and Georg Ossian Sars: Bidrag til kundskab om Christianiafjordens fauna . Johann Dahl, Christiania 1868 (Vol. 1), 1870 (Vol. 2), 1873 (Vol. 3) (Danish)
Web links
- Geir Hestmark: Michael Sars . In: Norsk biografisk leksikon
- Kristian Fauchald: Michael Sars and the naturalist tradition in Norway ( Memento from August 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ludwig Darmstaedter (ed.): Handbook for the history of natural sciences and technology , Springer, Berlin 1908, p. 521
- ↑ Treatises of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Berlin from 1867 . Berlin 1868, p. XXV
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Sars, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian clergyman and biologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bergen , Norway |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1869 |
| Place of death | Christiania , Norway |