Werner Peters (zoologist)
Werner Peters (born June 24, 1929 in Todtglüsingen ; † August 6, 2003 in Erkrath ) was a German zoologist and cell biologist. He mainly works in the field of insect morphology.
Peters first attended elementary school in Todtglüsingen and, after his family moved to Berlin, the high school in Berlin-Zehlendorf . After graduating from high school in 1949, he studied biology at the Free University of Berlin until 1954 . He wrote his dissertation on insect repellants . From 1957 he was an assistant at the Institute for Zoology at the Free University of Berlin, and completed his habilitation in 1964 with a thesis on the morphology of the sensory organs on the labial pads of blowflies . In 1968 he received an H3 professorship from the University of Düsseldorf , where he was appointed professor of zoomorphology and cell biology in 1974. In 1994 Peters retired.
Peters was a longtime co-editor of Entomologia Generalis magazine .
Works
- Konrad Dettner & Werner Peters (Hrsgb.): Textbook of Entomology. 1st edition. Fischer, Stuttgart 1999. ISBN 3-437-25920-2
- Konrad Dettner & Werner Peters (Hrsgb.): Textbook of Entomology. 2nd Edition. Spectrum, Heidelberg 2003. ISBN 3-8274-1102-5
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hartmut Greven: Obituary Professor Dr Werner Peters. Entomologia Generalis Volume 27 Number 3-4 (2005), 303-305 doi : 10.1127 / entom.gen / 27/2005/303
- ^ W. Peters (1965): The sensory organs on the labels of Calliphora erythrocephala MG. (Diptera). Z. Morph. Ökol. Animals 55: 259-320 doi : 10.1007 / BF00407432
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peters, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist and cell biologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Todtglüsingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 2003 |
| Place of death | Erkrath |