Eugen Korschelt
Eugen Korschelt (28 September 1858, in Zittau – 28 December 1946, in Marburg) was a German zoologist. He is known for his research in the field of comparative embryology and his work involving biological regeneration and transplantation.
He served as a lecturer at the Universities of Freiburg and Berlin. becoming a professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Marburg in 1892.[1] At Marburg, he succeeded Richard Greeff as director of the zoological institute, and twice served as university rector (1904/05, 1914/15). In 1912/13 he was president of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (German Zoological Society).[2]
Organisms with the specific epithet of korschelti are named after him, an example being the ribbon worm species Amphiporus korschelti.[3]
Published works
With Austrian zoologist Karl Heider, he co-wrote an important textbook on comparative embryology called Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Entwicklungsgeschichte der wirbellosen Thiere. It was later translated into English and published as "Text-book of the embryology of invertebrates" (several volumes). In 1907 he published Regeneration und Transplantation, a work that was also translated into English; "Regeneration and transplantation".[4] With physiologist Max Verworn, chemist Karl Schaum and others, he was editor of the 10-volume Handwörterbuch der Naturwissenschaften (1912-1915).[5]
References
- ^ Die Berliner Akademie der Wissenschaften: ihre Mitglieder und Preisträger by Werner Hartkopf
- ^ Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft Biologie Schule
- ^ Petymol Archived 2015-01-28 at the Wayback Machine Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. K
- ^ WorldCat Search (publications)
- ^ Archiv.org Handwörterbuch der naturwissenschaften (1912)
- "Parts of this article are based on translated text from an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia".
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- 1858 births
- 1946 deaths
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- German embryologists
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