Peter Rietschel
Peter Rietschel (born November 30, 1903 in Tübingen ; † December 30, 1984 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German zoologist and professor at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main .
Rietschel was the son of the Tübingen professor of German legal history Siegfried Rietschel (1871–1912), who died early. After graduating from high school in 1922, Rietschel studied zoology, geology and chemistry in Tübingen with a doctorate in 1928 on the anatomy of the mouse (genital exits). He then went to the Tharandt Forestry College, where he dealt with plant protection against forest pests, and then assistant at the Zoological Institute in Frankfurt, completed his habilitation in 1937 (construction and function of the defense sting of state-building bees and wasps) and became a professor in Frankfurt.
Fonts
- The animal kingdom according to Brehm, Urania Verlag 1957
- with Hermann Giersberg: Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates, 2 volumes, Jena, Fischer 1967, 1968
- Main author with Erich Thenius in Grzimeks Tierleben , volume Niedere Tiere
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Rietschel in the catalog of the German National Library
References and comments
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rietschel, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist and professor at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tübingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 1984 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |