Friedrich Zschokke (27 May 1860,

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– 10 January 1936,

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) was a Swiss

zoologist Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...

and

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. He was the grandson of writer

Heinrich Zschokke Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke (22 March 177127 June 1848) was a German, later Swiss, author and reformer. Most of his life was spent, and most of his reputation earned, in Switzerland. He had an extensive civil service career, and wrote hist ...

. He studied zoology in

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and

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, earning his doctorate at the latter institution in 1884. In 1889 he became an associate professor, and from 1893 to 1931 was a full professor of zoology and

comparative anatomy Comparative anatomy is the study of similarities and differences in the anatomy of different species. It is closely related to evolutionary biology and phylogeny (the evolution of species). The science began in the classical era, continuing in t ...

at the

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. In 1900 he was named university

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.Biography
@ Historical Dictionary of Switzerland Zschokke is best known for his work in the field of

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(lake fauna) and for his zoogeographical studies of Central European wildlife. He was an instructor to

Adolf Portmann Adolf Portmann (27 May 1897 – 28 June 1982) was a Swiss zoologist. Born in Basel, Switzerland, he studied zoology at the University of Basel and worked later in Geneva, Munich, Paris and Berlin, but mainly in marine biology laboratories in Fr ...

and a good friend of explorer

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. In 1927, with Portmann and Nansen, he published "''Nordland: Eine Ferienfahrt nach Norwegen und Spitzbergen''" (Northland, an excursion to

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and

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). In 1892 he became member of the ''

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''. After his death, a donation enabled the construction of the "Zschokke house", a building located on the Gerschnialp, at the foot of the

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, in the ski and hiking resort of

Engelberg , neighboring_municipalities = Attinghausen (UR), Gadmen (BE), Innertkirchen (BE), Isenthal (UR), Wassen (UR), Wolfenschiessen (NW) , twintowns= Engelberg (lit.: ''mountain of angel(s)'') is a village resort and a municipality in the canton ...

. Today the structure is used for weekend seminars and workshops.

Selected works

* ''Seenfauna'', 1897 – Lake fauna. * ''Die Tierwelt der Hochgebirgsseen'', 1900 – Wildlife of high mountain lakes. * ''Die Tierwelt der Schweiz in ihren Beziehungen zur Eiszeit'', 1901 – Wildlife of Switzerland and its relationship to the Ice Age. * ''Parasitische Würmer'', 1902 –

Parasitic worm Parasitic worms, also known as helminths, are large Parasitism#Basic concepts, macroparasites; adults can generally be seen with the naked eye. Many are intestinal worms that are soil-transmitted helminth, soil-transmitted and intestinal parasit ...

s. * ''Die Tiefenfauna des Vierwaldstätter-Sees'', 1905 – Deepwater fauna of

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. * ''Die tiefseefauna der seen Mitteleuropas; eine geographisch-faunistische studie'', 1911 – Deepwater fauna of mid-European lakes, a geographic-faunistic study. * ''Der flug der tiere'', 1919 – Flight of animals.WorldCat Search
published works

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photo of Friedrich Zschokke. {{DEFAULTSORT:Zschokke, Friedrich 1860 births 1936 deaths People from Aarau University of Basel faculty 19th-century Swiss zoologists 20th-century Swiss zoologists