Wolfdietrich Eichler

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Wolfdietrich Eichler (born December 22, 1912 in Ravensburg ; † February 7, 1994 in Berlin ) was a German zoologist and parasitologist .

Life

Eichler studied zoology in Munich and Göttingen between 1931 and 1936, and obtained his doctorate in 1938. rer. nat. with a thesis on the Dahlem palm house bug . Between 1938 and 1945 he was an assistant at the University of Berlin , between 1940 and 1945 he also took part in the Second World War, where he was employed as an entomologist in the fight against malaria in Southeastern Europe. In 1945 he qualified as a professor for parasitology at the University of Berlin, with a thesis on mallophages .

Between 1949 and 1954 he was director of the Parasitological Institute at the University of Leipzig , but was suspended there in 1954 by the rector. From 1955 he was then head of department at the Institute for Rabies Control in Kleinmachnow near Berlin. Between 1969 and 1978 he was a full professor of parasitology at the Humboldt University in Berlin and at the same time an employee of the Natural History Museum at the HU Berlin .

Publications (selection)

  • Federlinge , Wittenberg 1955
  • (as ed.): Handbuch der Insektizidkunde , Berlin 1965
  • Basics of veterinary entomology: selected examples of important groups of parasites , Fischer, Jena 1980.
  • About certain interrelationships between ecology and evolution in the sphere of parasitism. In: Dtsch. Ent. Z., NF 27, 1980, Volume IV-V, pages 189–197 [1] (PDF; 2.2 MB)

literature

  • Eberhard Mey: In memoriam Wolfdietrich Eichler (1912-1994). In: Rudolstadt natural history writings. 6. 1994, p. 107 f. online, PDF; 375 kB
  • Eberhard Mey: Prof. Dr. Wolfdietrich Eichler 75 years old. In: Entomological News and Reports. 31. 1987, pp. 280-283.

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personal data
SURNAME Eichler, Wolfdietrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Ravensburg
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 1994
Place of death Berlin