Christian Ludwig Nitzsch (3 September 1782 – 16 August 1837) was a German zoologist. He is best remembered for his approach to classifying birds on the basis of their feather tract distributions or pterylosis of their young.
Career
He was professor of zoology at the
University of Halle
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (german: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg and the largest and oldest university in ...
. While his primary interest lay in
ornithology
Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...
, Nitzsch published studies on other topics, including
diatom
A diatom (Neo-Latin ''diatoma''), "a cutting through, a severance", from el, διάτομος, diátomos, "cut in half, divided equally" from el, διατέμνω, diatémno, "to cut in twain". is any member of a large group comprising sev ...
s (the diatom genus ''
Nitzchia
''Nitzschia'' is a common pennate marine diatom. In the scientific literature, this genus, named after Christian Ludwig Nitzsch, is sometimes termed ''Nitzchia'', and it has many species described, which all have a similar morphology.
Occurrenc ...
'' is named after him). He is also widely credited with producing the first systematic zoological studies of
lice, Nitzsch Ch. L., Darstellung der Familien und Gattungen der Thierinsecten (insecta epizoica). ''Magazin fur die Entomologie, Germar, Zincken'', Bd.3 (1818). In 1832, he was elected a foreign member of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Works
* ''De respiratione animalium'', 1808
* „Die Familien der Thierinsekten“ im Germar's Magazin für Entomologie, Band 3 1818
* „Zur Geschichte der Thierinsektenkunde“ in der Zeitschrift für gesammelte Naturwissenschaften 5 Band 1855
* „Charakteristik der Federlinge“ in Zeitschrift für gesammelte Naturwissenschaften Band 9 1857
* „Beiträge zur Infusorienkunde“ in Neue Schriften der naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Halle Band 3 Heft 1 1817
* „Anatomie der Vögel“ in Meckels deutschen Archiv für Physiologie Band 1 1815 Band 2 1816, Band 3 1817 Band 6 1820 und Band 11 1826
* ''Osteographischen Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Vögel'', 1811
* ''System der Pterylographie'', bei Burmeister 1840
* ''Observationes de Avium arteria carotide communi'', (Halle) 1829
* “Charakteristik der Federlinge“ in Zeitschrift für gesammelte Naturwissenschaften Band 9 1857
* Pterlyographiae Avium pars prior, (Halle) 1833 — Traduit en anglais sous le titre de Nitzsch's Pterylography à la Ray Society en 1867.
* “Zur Geschichte der Thierinsektenkunde“ in der Zeitschrift für gesammelte Naturwissenschaften 5 Band 1855
* “Beiträge zur Infusorienkunde“ in Neue Schriften der naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Halle Band 3 Heft 1 1817
* “Anatomie der Vögel“ in Meckels deutschen Archiv für Physiologie Band 1 1815 Band 2 1816, Band 3 1817 Band 6 1820 und Band 11 1826
* “Osteographischen Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Vögel“ 1811
Literature
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Walter Friedensburg
Karl Walter Friedensburg (6 March 1855 in Hamburg – 19 February 1938 in Wernigerode) was a German historian and archivist.
He studied history at the Universities of Göttingen and Breslau, obtaining his habilitation at the University of Marburg ...
„Geschichte der Universität Wittenberg“ Verlag
Max Niemeyer
Max or MAX may refer to:
Animals
* Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog
* Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE)
* Max (gorilla) ...
Halle (Saale) 1917
* „Album Academicae Vitebergensis“ von (1710-1812) bearbeitet von Fritz Juntke im Max Niemeyer Verlag Halle (Saale) Band 5 1966
References
External links
Rolf Gattermann/Volker Neumann: Die Geschichte der Zoologie in Halle PDF
1782 births
1837 deaths
19th-century German zoologists
German ornithologists
German entomologists
Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg faculty
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