Theodor A. Wohlfahrt

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Theodor Albrecht Friedrich Wohlfahrt (born September 19, 1907 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein , † February 7, 2006 in Würzburg ) was a German zoologist and important lepidopterologist (butterfly scientist).

Professional career

During his studies, Theodor A. Wohlfahrt became a member of the Leipzig University Choir of St. Pauli in 1926 . He received his doctorate “summa cum laude” from the University of Munich under Karl von Frisch in 1932 . He received the faculty award for his doctoral thesis on anatomical studies on the minnow's labyrinth . In 1937 he completed his habilitation in Munich with work on the side channels of fish. His request for a teaching position in Munich was rejected because of his liberal attitude. The Berlin Reich Ministry assigned him to the University of Würzburg , where he worked from 1942 at the Zoological Institute (then at Röntgenring 10) as a scientific assistant and private lecturer and until 1972 as a professor of zoology and comparative anatomy.

In his scientific work after the end of the Second World War , he dealt a lot with butterflies and especially with the sail butterfly ( Iphiclides podalirius ). At that time the moth was still often on the dry slopes around Würzburg and it carried out studies on intraspecific variability and diapause control . To do this, he bred the moths in large numbers under defined environmental conditions.

Most of his butterfly collection is housed in the zoological state collection in Munich , some boxes with native butterflies remained in the teaching collection of the Biozentrum in Würzburg.

Publications

Theodor A. Wohlfahrt illustrated the five-volume standard work The Butterflies of Central Europe (1954–1981), for which Walter Forster wrote the texts, with drawings and watercolors.

  • Anatomical studies of the labyrinth of the minnow ( Phoxinus laevis L.), 1932
  • The ear labyrinth of the sardine ( Clupea pilchardus Walb.) And its relationship to the swim bladder and sideline, 1936
  • Anatomical studies of the side canals of the sardine (Clupea Pilchardus Walb.), 1937
  • Investigations into the ability of the minnow ( Phoxinus laevis Agass) to discriminate sounds, 1939
  • Attempts to make an absolute distinction between two chords with the same frequency ratio by minnows ( Phoxinus laevis Agass), 1957

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paul Meißner (Ed.): Alt-Herren-Directory of the German Singers. Leipzig 1934, p. 245.
  2. ↑ Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg: Lecture directory for the summer semester of 1948. University printing house H. Stürtz, Würzburg 1948, p. 18.
  3. ↑ See Heinrich Ragaller: Martin von Wagner Museum of the University of Würzburg. Exhibition in the gallery studio. 3.4. - May 20, 1973: Theodor A. Wohlfahrt: Butterflies as an artistic and scientific illustration. Wuerzburg 1973.
  4. ↑ academic.research.microsoft.com - Theodor A. Wohlfahrt (1)  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / academic.research.microsoft.com  
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personal data
SURNAME Wohlfahrt, Theodor A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wohlfahrt, Theodor Albrecht Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German zoologist and lepidopterologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigshafen am Rhein
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 2006
Place of death Wurzburg