Théophile Rudolphe Studer
Théophile Rudolphe Studer or Theophil Studer (27 November 1845 – 12 February 1922) was a Swiss ornithologist and marine biologist. He worked on the collections made on the voyage of the SMS Gazelle and produced a catalogue of the birds of the Switzerland. Another major work was on the study of dog skeletons associated with prehistoric human settlements. He worked as a professor of zoology at the University of Bern from 1873.
Life and work
[edit]Studer was born in Bern to Gottlieb and Henriette Kappeler. He studied medicine from 1865 to 1870 at Bern and became a military doctor, serving during the Franco-German war. He then studied zoology at Leipzig under Rudolf Leuckart. From 1871 to 1922 he was a curator of zoological collections at the museum of natural history in Bern. In 1874–1876 he took part in a scientific journey aboard the German frigate S.M.S. Gazelle, sent in part to study the transit of Venus.[1] Two years after his return he was a professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at the school of veterinary medicine in Bern.[2][3] He conducted studies on the remains of canines from Neolithic and Paleolithic archeological digs.[4][5][6] He presided over the Swiss Society of Natural Sciences from 1887 to 1992.[7]
Published works
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With Victor Fatio (1838–1906), he published the first three installments of Catalogue des oiseaux de la Suisse (Catalogue of birds of Switzerland). Other writings by Studer include:
- Übersicht ūber die Ophiuriden welche während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde 1874-1876 gesammelt Wurden, 1882 - Overview of Ophiuroidea, collected by the S.M.S. Gazelle voyage of 1874–1876.
- Verzeichniss der Crustaceen welche während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle an der Westküste von Afrika, Ascension und dem Cap der guten Hoffnung gesammelt wurden, 1882 - Directory of crustaceans, collected by the S.M.S. Gazelle voyage to the west coast of Africa, Ascension Island and the Cape of Good Hope.
- Isopoden, gesammelt während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde 1874-76, 1884 - Isopoda collected by the S.M.S. Gazelle voyage of 1874–76.
- Verzeichniss der während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde, 1874-1876, gesammelten Asteriden und Euryalideen, 1884 - Directory of the S.M.S. Gazelle voyage, collections of Asteridea and Euryalida.
- "Supplementary report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76", published in English in 1889.
- Fauna helvetica. Oiseaux, 1895 - Swiss fauna, birds.
- Fauna helvetica. Mollusques, 1896 - Swiss fauna, mollusks.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Gould, W. John (2022). "HMS Challenger and SMS Gazelle – their 19th century voyages compared". History of Geo- and Space Sciences. 13 (2): 171–204. doi:10.5194/hgss-13-171-2022. ISSN 2190-5010.
- ^ Cotebleue.org (biographical information)
- ^ Library of Congress Name Authority File, Authorities & Vocabularies
- ^ Studer, T. (1901). "Die praehistorischen Hunde in ihrer Beziehung zu den gegenwärtig lebenden Rassen". Abhandlungen der Schweizerischen Palaeontologischen Gesellschaft. 28: 1–137.
- ^ "Nachtrag zu dem Aufsatz Uber die Thierwelt in den Pfahlbauten des Bielersee's". Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern: 3–26. 1884.
- ^ Studer, T. (1882). "Die Thierwelt in den Pfahlbauten des Bielersee's". Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern: 17–115.
- ^ Braun, Hans. "Studer, Theophil". Dizionario storico della Svizzera (in Italian).
- ^ [1] WorldCat Identities] (publications)
