Ulrich Arnold Corti
Ulrich Arnold Corti (born August 16, 1904 in Dübendorf ; † January 12, 1969 ) was a Swiss chemist and ornithologist .
Life
Corti was the son of Arnold Corti and brother of Walter Robert Corti and Wilhelm Corti-Gafafer (* 1907).
Corti worked as the head of a food laboratory at Maggi . From 1946 to 1952 he was the first director of Eawag , from 1952 founder and head of the Institute for Biophysics in Zurich and from 1955 founder and head of his own company which developed electronic devices for measuring the activity of living beings.
In his free time, Corti occupied himself with ornithology and entomology . From 1932 to 1939 he was President of the Swiss Society for Ornithology and Bird Protection . As an editor, he was responsible for the journals Swiss Archive for Ornithology (1932–1949) and Der Ornithologische Beobachter (1935–1939). From 1940 to 1942 he presided over the Entomologia Zurich and from 1965 until his death the Alpine Ornithologist Association Monticola, which he founded .
Ulrich Corti was married to Rita Bebie.
Publications
- 1. Attempts at the synthesis of ephedrine and some of its homologues; 2. About the separation of amino acids. , Dissertation, Zurich 1929.
- Water protection and drinking water supply , Zurich 1951.
- Research in the field of wastewater treatment and water protection , Zurich 1955.
- The birds of the canton of Ticino , Bellinzona 1945.
- Constitution and Environment of the Alpine Birds , Chur 1965.
- The researcher , Chur 1967.
literature
- Walter Wüst. Ulrich Arnold Corti: Attempt at an appreciation . Anzeiger der Ornithologische Gesellschaft Bayern 8, Issue 6, 1969.
- Streiflichter on Eawag , publication on the 75th anniversary of Eawag, 2011, p. 6f.
- “History” , Eawag website
- Urs N. Glutz from Blotzheim. Ornithological research in Switzerland in the 20th century - a successful collaboration between specialists and lay ornithologists . Der Ornithologische Beobachter, Volume 106, Issue 1, March 2009, pp. 19f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Willi Sauter : Arnold Corti . Historical lexicon of Switzerland.
- ↑ Family tree of the Corti family
- ↑ Matrikeledition the University of Zurich, registration number 29808
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Corti, Ulrich Arnold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss chemist and ornithologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dubendorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 1969 |