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Wilhelm Giesbrecht
Wilhelm Giesbrecht (1854–1913) was a Prussian zoologist, specialising in copepods, during the "golden age of copepodology". Giesbrecht was born in Gdańsk in 1854, and was educated in Kiel, where in 1881 he earned a Ph.D. in Baltic copepods under Professor Karl Möbius. He then moved to Naples to work at the zoological station there, staying there for the remainder of his life. His most famous work is the 1892 monograph Systematik und Faunistik der pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte' ("Systematics and faunistics of the pelagic copepods of the Gulf of Naples and neighbouring seas"). In 1904, at the request of Anton Dohrn, Giesbrecht was made an honorary professor Honorary titles (professor, reader, lecturer) in academia may be conferred on persons in recognition of contributions by a non-employee or by an employee beyond regular duties. This practice primarily exists in the UK and Germany, as well as in m .... He is commemorated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Deaths
Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 13 – Edward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 23 – 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Ismail Enver comes to power. * January – Stalin (whose first article using this name is published this month) travels to Vienna to carry out research. Until he leaves on February 16 the city is home simultaneously to him, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito alongside Berg, Freud and Jung and Ludwig and Paul Wittgenstein. February * February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Terminal, having been rebuilt, reopens as the world's largest railroad station. * February 3 – The 16th Amendment to the United States Cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1854 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang''. * January 6 – The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is perhaps born. * January 9 – The Teutonia Männerchor in Pittsburgh, U.S.A. is founded to promote German culture. * January 20 – The North Carolina General Assembly in the United States charters the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, to run from Goldsboro through New Bern, to the newly created seaport of Morehead City, near Beaufort. * January 21 – The iron clipper runs aground off the east coast of Ireland, on her maiden voyage out of Liverpool, bound for Australia, with the loss of at least 300 out of 650 on board. * February 11 – Major streets are lit by coal gas for the first time by the San Francisco Gas Company; 86 such lamps are turned on this evening in San Francisco, California. * February 13 – Mexican troops force William Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schoenocaulon Ghiesbreghtii
''Schoenocaulon'' is a North American genus of perennial herbaceous flowering plants, ranging from the southern United States to Peru. It is a member of the Melanthiaceae, according to the APG III classification system, and is placed in the tribe Melanthieae. Unlike other genera in the tribe, the flowers are arranged in a spike; depending on the species the flower stalks for each flower are either very short or completely absent. Feathershank is a common name, the medicinally used ''S. officinale'' is called Sabadilla (pronunciation: /sab-uh-dil-uh/, IPA: /ˌsæb əˈdɪl ə/). Plants generally grow in chaparral, oak, or pine forests. Grazing has narrowed the natural ranges of some species to only steep, rocky terrain.Frame, D. 1990. A revision of ''Schoenocaulon'' (Liliaceae: Melanthieae). Ph. D. Thesis. The City University of New York. New York. 269 pp. Mexico is the center of ''Schoenocaulon'' diversity, with 22 endemic species - some with distributions limited to single m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candacia Giesbrechti
''Candacia'' is a genus of copepods in the order Calanoida. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Candaciidae. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Candacia'': *'' Candacia armata'' *'' Candacia bipinnata'' *'' Candacia bispinosa'' *'' Candacia bradyi'' *'' Candacia catula'' *'' Candacia cheirura'' *'' Candacia columbiae'' *'' Candacia curta'' *'' Candacia discaudata'' *'' Candacia elongata'' *'' Candacia ethiopica'' *'' Candacia falcifera'' *'' Candacia giesbrechti'' *'' Candacia ginuensis'' *'' Candacia guggenheimi'' *'' Candacia ishimarui'' *'' Candacia ketchumi'' *'' Candacia longimana'' *'' Candacia magna'' *'' Candacia maxima'' *'' Candacia pachydactyla'' *'' Candacia paenelongimana'' *'' Candacia parafalcifera'' *'' Candacia pofi'' *'' Candacia samassae'' *'' Candacia simplex'' *'' Candacia tenuimana'' *'' Candacia truncata'' *'' Candacia tuberculata'' *'' Candacia varicans'' *''Candacia worthingtoni ''Candaci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
