Rudolph Zaunick

Rudolph Zaunick (born August 26, 1893 in Dresden , † November 13, 1967 in Pirna ) was a German historian of science.

Life

Grave of Rudolph Zaunick in the Trinitatisfriedhof in Dresden

Zaunick studied geology, biology and chemistry in Dresden and Leipzig. In 1918 he received his doctorate at the Albertus University in Königsberg , and in 1920 he passed the first state examination in Leipzig. Then he worked from 1921 to 1945 as a teacher, including at the Dresden Oberrealschule Johannstadt . He completed his habilitation in 1927, became a private lecturer at the Technical University in Dresden and in 1932 was elected to the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina . In November 1933 he signed the German professors' confession of Adolf Hitler . In 1934 Zaunick became a non-official professor in Dresden, where he gave lectures on the history of natural sciences .

From 1952, in addition to teaching at the Martin Luther University in Halle, he held guest lectures at the Medical Academy in Dresden . He made particular contributions to the edition of the work of Carl Gustav Carus and other biologists.

Zaunick was a full member of the Académie internationale d'histoire des sciences in Paris; 1963 Dr. med. H. c. the University of Halle-Wittenberg; 1965 member of the International Academy of the History of Medicine in London.

The oldest German fish booklet from 1498 and its significance for later literature. Berlin 1916 (= archive for fishing history. Addition).
The mad fishing lures in Europe from ancient times to modern times. In: Archives for Hydrobiology. Supplement volume 4, (Stuttgart) 1928, p. 664 ff.

Michael Kaasch: Zaunick, Rudolph . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Friedrich Klemm : Rudolph Zaunick on his 70th birthday. In: Sudhoff's archive for the history of medicine and the natural sciences. Volume 47, Issue 3, (September) 1963, pp. 193-198.