Wilhelm Moritz Keferstein

Wilhelm Moritz Keferstein (born June 7, 1833 in Winsen (Luhe) , † January 25, 1870 in Göttingen ) was a German zoologist and comparative anatomist at the Georg August University of Göttingen .

Life

Göttingen memorial plaque for Wilhelm Moritz Keferstein

After studying hydraulic engineering in Hanover , Keferstein moved to Göttingen in 1852 to study medicine at the Georg August University . In 1857 he became an assistant at the Physiological Institute, in 1859 a private lecturer, in 1861 an associate professor and in 1868 a full professor of zoology in Göttingen. The building of the Natural History Museum goes back to his initiative. He died in 1870. In 1907 a Göttingen memorial plaque was attached to his last house at Groner Landstrasse 11 . On June 8, 1862 ( matriculation no. 1970 ) he was elected a member of the Leopoldina with the nickname Eschscholtz . From 1861 he was an assessor and from 1866 a full member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .

Fonts

with Ernst Ehlers : Zoological contributions collected in the winter of 1859/60 in Naples and Messina . Wilhelm Engelmann , Leipzig 1861 ( archive )

literature

Wilhelm Hess : Keferstein, Wilhelm Moritz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 525 f.
Walter Nissen: Göttingen memorial plaques. A biographical guide. Göttingen 1962, p. 91.

Individual evidence

^ Member entry of Wilhelm Moritz Keferstein at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on August 13, 2017.
↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 129.

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Moritz Keferstein - Collection of images, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Keferstein, Wilhelm Moritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 7, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH	Winsen (Luhe)
DATE OF DEATH	January 25, 1870
Place of death	Goettingen

[1] Member entry of Wilhelm Moritz Keferstein at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on August 13, 2017.

[2] Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 129.