Wilhelm Gottlieb Rosenhauer

Wilhelm Gottlieb Rosenhauer , also Wilhelm Gottlob Rosenhauer, (born September 11, 1813 , † June 13, 1881 ) was a German zoologist ( entomologist ).

Rosenhauer studied medicine at the University of Erlangen and received his doctorate there in 1838 on ground beetles and swimming beetles . In 1843 he became a conservator at the Zoological Institute in Erlangen and in 1858 he became a professor there.

He studied the systematics of beetles and published a list of the animals in Andalusia after a trip in 1849.

He was a member of the Linnaeus Society in Lyon , the Natural History Association Lotos in Prague , the Society for Medicine and Natural History in Brussels and the Entomological Society in Paris .

Fonts

• The ground beetles and swimming beetles in Erlangen with special consideration of their occurrence and their relationship to those of some other European countries, Erlangen: Blaesing 1842, digitized version
• The animals of Andalusia compiled after the results of a trip together with the descriptions of 249 new or as yet undescribed genera and species, Erlangen: Blaesing 1856, Biodiversity Heritage Library

literature

• Obituary in Entomologische Nachrichten, Volume 7, 1881, 231
• Zezschwitz: Speech at the grave of Dr. med. et philos. Wilhelm Gottlieb Rosenhauer, kgl. University professor, knight of the emperor. Soot. Stanislaus Order II. Class, holder of the large gold medal a. s. w. : Born September 11, 1813, died June 13, 1881: Held on June 16, 1881