Rodolpho from Ihering
Rodolpho Theodor Wilhelm Gaspar von Ihering (born July 17, 1883 in Taquara , † September 15, 1939 in São Paulo ) was a Brazilian biologist ( ichthyologist ).
He was the son of the zoologist Hermann von Ihering and also studied zoology in São Paulo, graduating in 1901. After that he was vice director (under his father) at the Zoological Museum (in the Museu Paulista ). In 1911 he was at the Marine Biological Station in Naples , Vienna and Paris at the Natural History Museum , where the entomologist Eugène Louis Bouvier was his teacher. When his father, who was of German origin, was relieved of his post as director of the Zoological Museum during the First World War, Rodolpho von Ihering also went in protest and opened a small factory for metal objects. In 1926/27 he worked in the Parasitology Laboratory of the University of São Paulo (Faculty of Medicine) and then turned to ichthyology. Many first descriptions come from him . He worked at the Institute for the Defense against Agricultural and Animal Pests in São Paulo, founded in 1927, as an assistant in the Entomology and Parasitology section and head of the zoology department. From 1931 he worked mainly in the field of commercial fish farming . From 1932 to 1937 he was technical commissioner for fish farming for northeastern Brazil.
He was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and an honorary doctorate in Giessen .
The Brazilian Society for Zoology awards a prize named after him. A fish research station in Pentecoste is named after him.
He was married to Isabel de Azevedo (1885–1957), with whom he had two daughters and a son.
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| SURNAME | Ihering, Rodolpho of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Taquara |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1939 |
| Place of death | São Paulo |