Stephan Clessin
Stephan Clessin , also Stefan, (born November 13, 1833 in Würzburg , † December 21, 1911 in Regensburg ) was a German malacologist and paleontologist .
His main occupation was an officer and later with the Bavarian state railway . He had a wide range of scientific interests, especially in malacology, but also, for example, about human prehistory. He also dealt with fossil mollusks, especially from the Quaternary near Regensburg. Clessin was not an academic, but was in contact with many scientists.
Several initial descriptions come from him. He received the golden Linnaeus medal from the Swedish Academy of Sciences .
Fonts
- as an author
- German excursion mollusc fauna . Nuremberg 1876, 2nd edition 1884, BHL
- The mollusc fauna of Austria-Hungary and Switzerland . Nuremberg 1887, archive
- Contributions to the Conchylia Cabinet by Friedrich Martini and Johann Hieronymus Chemnitz .
- as editor
- Malacoological leaves .
literature
- Wilhelm Kobelt : Obituary in the newsletter of the German Malacoological Society . 1912 (there also Borcherding's list of publications)
- Jürgen H. Jungbluth : On the history of the German Malakozoologie, XXI: The German Malakozoologische Gesellschaft - from the 19th century into the 21st century. 1868-1993: 125 years of the German Malacozoological Society . Communications of the German Malacoological Society, 55, 1995, pp. 1–18
- Werner Quenstedt : Clessin, Stephan. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 289 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ^ According to Quenstedt in NDB, he first described 13 species of molluscs. Among them are Bythiospeum pfeifferi and Bythiospeum tschapecki .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clessin, Stephan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clessin, Stefan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German malacologist and paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wurzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 1911 |
| Place of death | regensburg |