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Otto Bütschli



 
 
Johann Adam Otto Bütschli (3 May 1848 , Frankfurt
Frankfurt

is the largest city in the German States of Germany of Hesse and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Germany, with a 2008 population of 670,000....
 – 2 February 1920 , Heidelberg
Heidelberg

Heidelberg is a city in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. As of 2006, over 140,000 people live within the city's area. The town of Heidelberg is an administrative district of its own....
) was a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 zoologist and professor
Professor

The meaning of the word professor varies. In some English-speaking countries, it refers to a senior academic who holds a departmental chair, especially as head of the Academic department, or a personal chair awarded specifically to that individual....
 at the University of Heidelberg. He specialized in invertebrate
Invertebrate

An invertebrate is an animal lacking a vertebral column. The group includes 98% of all animal species ? all animals except those in the Chordate subphylum vertebrate ....
s and insect
Insect

Insects are the biggest class of arthropods and the only ones with wings. They are the most diverse group of animals on the planet. They are most diverse at the equator and their diversity declines toward the poles....
 development
Developmental biology

Developmental biology is the study of the process by which organisms grow and develop. Modern developmental biology studies the genetic control of cell growth, cellular differentiation and "morphogenesis," which is the process that gives rise to biological tissues, organ s and anatomy....
. Many of the groups of protist
Protist

Protists ; eukaryote microorganisms. Historically, protists were treated as the kingdom Protista but this group is no longer recognized in modern taxonomy....
s were first recognized by him.

ersity of Heidelberg he received his Ph.D in 1868.






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Johann Adam Otto Bütschli (3 May 1848 , Frankfurt
Frankfurt

is the largest city in the German States of Germany of Hesse and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Germany, with a 2008 population of 670,000....
 – 2 February 1920 , Heidelberg
Heidelberg

Heidelberg is a city in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. As of 2006, over 140,000 people live within the city's area. The town of Heidelberg is an administrative district of its own....
) was a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 zoologist and professor
Professor

The meaning of the word professor varies. In some English-speaking countries, it refers to a senior academic who holds a departmental chair, especially as head of the Academic department, or a personal chair awarded specifically to that individual....
 at the University of Heidelberg. He specialized in invertebrate
Invertebrate

An invertebrate is an animal lacking a vertebral column. The group includes 98% of all animal species ? all animals except those in the Chordate subphylum vertebrate ....
s and insect
Insect

Insects are the biggest class of arthropods and the only ones with wings. They are the most diverse group of animals on the planet. They are most diverse at the equator and their diversity declines toward the poles....
 development
Developmental biology

Developmental biology is the study of the process by which organisms grow and develop. Modern developmental biology studies the genetic control of cell growth, cellular differentiation and "morphogenesis," which is the process that gives rise to biological tissues, organ s and anatomy....
. Many of the groups of protist
Protist

Protists ; eukaryote microorganisms. Historically, protists were treated as the kingdom Protista but this group is no longer recognized in modern taxonomy....
s were first recognized by him.

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Bütschli studied mineralogy and chemistry at the University of Karlsruhe
University of Karlsruhe

The University of Karlsruhe, also known as Fridericiana, was founded in 1825. It recently merged with Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe to form the new institution, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology ....
 and became assistant of Karl Alfred von Zittel
Karl Alfred von Zittel

Karl Alfred Ritter von Zittel , Germany palaeontologist, was born at Bahlingen in Baden Germany.He was educated at Heidelberg, Paris and Vienna....
 After two semesters at the University of Heidelberg he received his Ph.D in 1868. He joined Rudolf Leuckart
Rudolf Leuckart

Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf Leuckart was a German zoologist who was born in Helmstedt. He was a nephew to naturalist Friedrich Sigismund Leuckart ....
 at the University of Leipzig
University of Leipzig

The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest University in Europeand currently the List_of_universities_in_Germany#Universities_by_age university in Germany....
 and worked for two years with Karl Möbius
Karl Möbius

Karl August M?bius was a Germany zoologist who was a pioneer in the field of ecology and a former director of the Museum f?r Naturkunde in Berlin....
 at the University of Kiel
University of Kiel

The University of Kiel is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis by Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and has approximately 23,000 students today....
. But most of the time between 1868 and 1876 he worked for himself at the University of Frankfurt
University of Frankfurt

University of Frankfurt may refer to several German universities:*Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main in Frankfurt am Main*Viadrina European University in Frankfurt or its historical predecessor, which existed in the same city from 1506 until 1811, when it was merged with the Wroclaw University....
For his habilitation in 1876 he worked at the University of Karlsruhe
University of Karlsruhe

The University of Karlsruhe, also known as Fridericiana, was founded in 1825. It recently merged with Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe to form the new institution, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology ....
. He became professor at the University of Heidelberg as successor of Alexander Pagenstecher
Alexander Pagenstecher

Friedrich Alexander Hermann Pagenstecher was a German ophthalmologist who was born in Wallau. He studied medicine in numerous European cities including Gie?en, Heidelberg and W?rzburg....
 in 1878. He held this position until his retirement