Otto Adler (zoologist)

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Otto Adler (born June 7, 1915 in Vienna , † October 23, 1967 in Bruck an der Mur ) was an Austrian forest engineer , zoologist and ornithologist .

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Otto Adler was born on July 7, 1915 as the son of a Realschule director in Vienna in the then Austria-Hungary dual monarchy . He also received his school education in Vienna, where he attended the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences , among other things . He graduated with distinction as a forest engineer and initially worked as a qualified engineer in private companies, which led him to work in Schottwien , among other things . After 1946 he worked in the state forest administration before he joined the forestry teaching post years later. After many years of probation he made in 1959 the way over the Forestry School Gmunden in the management of the Forestry School Bruck an der Mur , today as Federal College of Forestry Bruck known. Thus he was active in the only two federal forest rangers schools in Austria and in 1964 even took over the position of director of the training center in Bruck. Already during his professional career he carried out serious field ornithological studies, which made him known beyond the local professional community. In 1955 this led him to the German Ornithological Society , of which he was a member until his death.

He mainly dealt with water birds such as ducks , divers , saws , seagulls and swans , which he observed in the lakes of the Salzkammergut . From 1956 to 1959 he sometimes took part in the duck counting in Upper Austria . His participation in the statistical recording of the Traunsee was mentioned in the 1959 yearbook of the Austrian Working Group for Wildlife Research. Especially through the excellent display collection created by Johann "Hans" Knotek (1865–1931) at the school in Bruck an der Mur, Adler increasingly turned to ornithology and focused on the various forms of laridae and anatids . He died on October 23, 1967 at the age of 52 in Bruck an der Mur and was the director of the Bruck Forestry School until his death. Heinrich Mächler subsequently took over this position .

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  1. ↑ Development of the school from 1900 to 2000 , accessed on July 24, 2018
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SURNAME Adler, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian forest engineer, zoologist and ornithologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 1967
Place of death Bruck an der Mur , Austria