Johann Duerst

Johann Ulrich Duerst also J. Ulrich Duerst (born October 4, 1876 in Cologne ; † October 7, 1950 in Ins , Switzerland) was a German agricultural scientist and zoologist who worked for almost 40 years as a professor at the University of Bern's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine .

Life

He studied at the Königl. Prussian Agricultural Academy Poppelsdorf b. Bonn as well as at the University and the Polytechnic Zurich Agriculture and Zoology. In 1895 he became a member of the later Corps Agraria Bonn. In 1898 he completed his studies in Zurich as a certified agriculture teacher. This was followed by a doctorate in 1899. phil. at the University of Zurich . In 1901 he became a private lecturer at the Zurich Polytechnic. From 1908 he was associate professor and from 1911 to 1947 full professor at the veterinary medicine faculty of the University of Bern. Here he taught the subjects of animal husbandry, animal hygiene, assessment theory and forensic veterinary medicine. About 150 publications on general and special animal breeding and the tribal history of farm animals were published.

Works (selection)

The cattle of Babylonia, Assyria and Egypt and their connection with the cattle of the ancient world. Diss. Univ. Zurich, 1899;
Studies on the history of the Egyptian domestic sheep. With Claude Gaillard, 1902;
Basics of the natural history of domestic animals. By Martin Wilckens, newly edited. by J. Ulrich Duerst, 2nd edition, Leipzig: Schmidt, 1905;
Selection and pathology. Hanover: Schaper, 1911; Work of the DGfZ, issue 12;
Judging the horse. Stuttgart: Enke, 1922,
Pocket book of horse evaluation. Stuttgart: Enke, 1923;
The horn of the cavicornia. Zurich: Fretz, 1926;
Assessment of the horse and cattle. Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1926;
Manual of biological working methods. Part 1: Comparative examination methods on the skeleton in mammals. Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1926,
Basics of cattle breeding. Berlin: Springer, 1931

Awards & honorary positions

Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Bern 1913–15, 1923–26, 1932–34, 1942–44
1932 member of the Leopoldina
1936/37 rector of the University of Bern
1936 honorary doctorate to Dr. hc at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin
1937 Hermann von Nathusius Medal in Gold from the German Society for Breeding Science (DGfZ)

literature

Lecturers at the University of Bern 1528 to 1984, page 5.1.020
Theophil Gerber: Personalities from agriculture, forestry, horticulture and veterinary medicine: biographical lexicon. Berlin: NORA Verl., 2008. (Vol. 1, p. 152), ISBN 3-936735-67-0 .
Obituary in: Berliner und Münchener Tierärztlichen Wochenschrift, 63, 1950, p. 252.
Previously awarded the Hermann von Nathusius Medal

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Erwin Willmann (Ed.): Directory of the old Rudolstädter Corps students. (AH. List of the RSC.) , 1928 edition, No. 908

personal data
SURNAME	Duerst, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Duerst, Johann Ulrich (full name); Duerst, J. Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German agricultural scientist and zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 4, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cologne
DATE OF DEATH	October 7, 1950
Place of death	Ins , Switzerland

[1] Erwin Willmann (Ed.): Directory of the old Rudolstädter Corps students. (AH. List of the RSC.) , 1928 edition, No. 908