Otto von Frisch
Otto von Frisch (born December 13, 1929 in Munich ; † June 4, 2008 ) was a German zoologist .
Life
Otto von Frisch, son of the zoologist and behavioral scientist Karl von Frisch , studied zoology because of his interest in animals . He wrote a doctoral thesis on snipe birds and plover and inspected, among other things, the fauna in the Bavarian moors and in the Camargue in southern France .
In 1957 Von Frisch played the role of the goat teacher in the fairy tale film The Wolf and the Seven Goats . It was a one-off film role he took on because of his passion for animals.
In 1959 Otto von Frisch became scientific clerk for vertebrates at the Natural History Museum in Braunschweig , in 1970 he was appointed custodian, and from 1978 until his retirement in 1995 he was director of the museum. In 1965 he received his habilitation at the TU Braunschweig , which appointed him professor in 1970.
Von Frisch published numerous books, of which his work Thousand Tricks of the Camouflage was awarded the German Youth Book Prize in 1974 . From 1971 to 1973 he moderated the ZDF documentary series Paradiese der Tiere .
Fonts (selection)
- A thousand tricks of disguise. Schreiber, Esslingen 1974 - received the German Youth Book Prize , new edition: Maier, Ravensburg 1979, ISBN 3-473-39564-1 .
literature
- Görge Hohlt: Obituary Professor Otto von Frisch. In: Ornithological Indicator. 47, 2008, pp. 234-235 ( pdf online ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Otto von Frisch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Zoologist Otto von Frisch died at the age of 78. in the Braunschweiger Zeitung from June 8, 2008.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats (Federal Republic of Germany 1957) ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Content, cast and film program (maerchenfilm.de; with photos by Otto von Frisch); Otto von Frisch in the Internet Movie Database .
- ↑ fernsehserien.de: Paradises of the animals with 92 episodes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frisch, Otto von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 4, 2008 |