Otto Wettstein-Westersheimb
Otto Wettstein-Westersheim (b) or Otto Wettstein for short (* August 7, 1892 in Vienna ; † July 10, 1967 presumably there), was an Austrian biologist and zoologist . His main research areas were faunistics and the systematics below the species level of reptiles and small mammals in Austria and Southeast Europe.
After studying natural history, especially zoology, he received his doctorate in 1915 at the Faculty of Biology at the University of Vienna with the dissertation “About the pericardial sinus of some decapods”. In the early 1920s, Wettstein was appointed head of the herpetological collection at the Natural History Museum in Vienna . On February 16, 1940 , he completed his habilitation at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Vienna . He retired shortly after losing his son in 1944. Then he became an employee at the forest protection department (Schönbrunn) of the Federal Forest Research Institute in Mariabrunn near Vienna. On September 14, 1954 he was appointed associate professor.
Otto Wettstein is the son of Richard Wettstein , his brother is Fritz von Wettstein .
literature
- Josef Eiselt: Obituaries. associate professor Dr. phil. Otto Wettstein-Westersheimb †. In: Annals of the Natural History Museum in Vienna. Vol. 70, October 1967, ISSN 0083-6133 , pp. 1-18, online (PDF; 1.93 MB) .
Web links
- Literature by and about Otto Wettstein-Westersheimb in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wettstein-Westersheimb, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wettstein, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 1967 |