Reinhard Demoll

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Reinhard Demoll (born December 3, 1882 in Kenzingen , † March 25, 1960 in Munich ) was a German zoologist .

Life

Demoll was born in Kenzingen in 1882 and attended school in Konstanz. After graduation , he studied medicine and zoology at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg . 1907 doctorate he there in August Weismann Dr. rer. nat. He then became a scientific assistant to Johann Wilhelm Spengel at the Zoological Institute of the University of Giessen . In 1908 he completed his habilitation in Giessen in the subject of zoology.

In 1914 he was appointed full professor of forest zoology at the Technical University of Karlsruhe . In 1918 he followed a call to the veterinary faculty of the University of Munich , where he became a full professor of zoology and ichthyology.

At the same time, he became director of the Hof Institute in Wielenbach, a research institute for pond farming . On his initiative, the Langenargen Institute for Lake Research and Lake Management was founded in 1918 and put into operation in 1920.

In 1920 he was appointed a secret councilor for his services . He was elected dean of the veterinary faculty several times. His great academic reputation is also reflected in the fact that he was elected rector of the university in the academic year 1931/32. In 1933, the later resistance fighter Maria Countess von Maltzan received her doctorate with a thesis on the nutritional biology and physiology of carp. rer. nat. In the academic year 1934/35 he is also proven as chairman of the board of the Munich Student Union and as a member of the committee of the joint academic institute of the university and the technical college for physical exercises .

After the Second World War , Demoll played a key role in the reconstruction of the Bavarian universities as a university advisor in the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture. After the reorganization of the Reich Association of German Fisheries in 1949 into the German Fisheries Association , Demoll was the sixth president of the association from 1949 until his death in 1960. He was also honorary president of the Bavarian Fisheries Association . After all, he was instrumental in founding the Association of German Water Protection and the Society for Nutritional Biology. He repeatedly emphasized the need for a joint consideration of fisheries biology, pond management and wastewater biology. The connection between theoretical and applied limnology was of particular concern to him .

Demoll died on May 25, 1960 after a brief serious illness at the age of 78 in Munich.

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In the course of his life, Demoll published over 100 scientific papers in specialist journals, monographs and compilations. In addition to work on sensory physiology, respiration, the flight of birds and insects, fishing-biological, pond management and hydrobiological problems formed his research focus. His investigations into pond fertilization gave the pond economy new impulses. He also decisively developed the methods of carp breeding. His practical work on trout breeding promoted salmonid breeding in ponds. He also researched the interaction between the health status of fish and their parasite infestation. With his works on the purification of wastewater, he sets new accents in environmental protection.

Honors

Fonts (selection)

As an author
  • The mouth parts of the solitary apids. Engelmann, Leipzig 1908 (dissertation, University of Freiburg im Breisgau, 1908).
  • About the eyes and stalk reflexes of Squilla mantis. Lippert, Naumburg a. S. 1908 (habilitation thesis, University of Giessen, 1908).
  • with Siegfried Becher: Introduction to microscopic technology for scientists and medical professionals. Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig 1913.
  • The sense organs of the arthropods: their structure and function. Vieweg, Braunschweig 1917.
  • The Flight of Insects and Birds: A Contrast. Fischer, Jena 1918.
  • The noble fur breeding . FC Mayer, Munich 1928 ( → Table of Contents )
  • The silver fox breed . FC Mayer, Munich 1925. - 3rd revised edition 1930 ( → table of contents ).
  • The change in biological views in the last hundred years: Speech on the assumption of the rectorate, given in the auditorium on November 21, 1931 (= Munich University Speeches. H. 23). Hueber, Munich 1931.
  • Instinct and development. JF Lehmann, Munich 1933.
  • with Paul Steinmann : Practice of rearing trout stocking material. Swiss beard, Stuttgart 1949.
  • with Paul Steinmann: Home: hiking and looking into mountains and valleys. 2 volumes. Faunus, Basel 1953.
  • 1954: chains for Prometheus. Against nature or with it? 248 pages, 23 illustrations. F. Bruckmann publishing house, Munich 1954.
  • 1957: Tame people. Against nature or with it? 315 pages, 36 ills., Greatly expanded 2nd edition, Bruckmann 1957.
  • Fruits of the sea. Springer, Berlin 1957.
As editor
  • with Hermann Nikolaus Maier: Handbook of inland fishing in Central Europe. 6 volumes. Swiss beard, Stuttgart 1924–1957.
  • The noble fur breeding. FC Mayer, Munich 1928.
  • In the shadow of technology: contributions to the human situation in modern times. Bechtle, Munich / Esslingen 1960.

literature

  • Rainer Albert Müller : Demoll, Reinhard. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 132 ( digitized version ).
  • Hans Liebmann : Reinhard Demoll (December 3, 1882 to May 25, 1960) , in: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Annual Chronicle 1959/1960, University Archives: Munich, 1960, pp. 12-13.
  • Wiltrud Proske: Reinhard Demoll 1882–1960. Zoologist, university professor, science organizer . Cyprinus, Uehlfeld 2005, ISBN 3-00-014209-6 (dissertation, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich).

Web links

Commons : Reinhard Demoll  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Countess Maria von Maltzan (1909–1997). A veterinarian in the resistance. From Johann Schäffer. in: Deutsches Tierärzteblatt, H. 10, 2008, pp. 1332-1341.
  2. ↑ See civil status of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, winter half year 1934/35, pages: 9, 10, 17, 39, 58. PDF / 14.2 MB.
  3. ^ Online membership directory of the Leopoldina.
  4. ↑ Demoll 1957 - Tames the people , environmental non-fiction book 1957, 315 pages, third and last edition: 1960. Ketten für Prometheus from 1954 has 248 pages. - See also with Anton Metternich and there with Professor Franz Joseph Dreyhaupt 2008.
personal data
SURNAME Demoll, Reinhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Kenzingen
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1960
Place of death Munich