Gerolf Steiner (22 March 1908 – 14 August 2009) was a German

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 ...

Life and career

Steiner was born in

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

Alsace Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...

in March 1908. He earned his doctorate in 1931 at the

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

. He completed his

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in 1942 at the

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and 1947 at the University of Heidelberg, where he was appointed as professor in 1949. In 1962, he was an associate professor at the

Technical University of Karlsruhe The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; german: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie) is a public research university in Karlsruhe, Germany. The institute is a national research center of the Helmholtz Association. KIT was created in 2009 w ...

, becoming

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in 1966 and occupying the chair of zoology from 1962 to 1973.Karlsruhe University,
Zum 100. Geburtstag von Gerolf Steiner: der Aufbau der Zoologie in Karlsruhe
'' (on Steiner's 100th birthday, in German). Accessed 2009-06-29.Karlsruhe University,
Zum 100. Geburtstag von Gerolf Steiner: Werke unter dem Pseudonym Harald Stümpke
'' (on Steiner's 100th birthday, in German). Accessed 2009-06-29.History of Biology at the University of Karlsruhe
Accessed on 2009-06-29.Karlsruhe University, ''Biologe aus Leidenschaft - Zum 100. Geburtstag von Gerolf Steiner''. Newsletter of the AlumniKaTH, April 2008 Page 17 (in German)
Online version
accessed on 2009-06-29. He died five months after his 101st birthday on August 14, 2009.

Rhinogradentia

Steiner is best known for a 1961 book authored pseudonymously as Harald Stümpke on the

anatomy Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having its ...

and habits of the rhinogradentia, a fictitious order of

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mammal Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...

s whose nose evolved in unusual ways. He has published also under the pseudonyms of Justus Andereich, Trotzhard Wiederumb, and Karl D.S. Geeste.Sigmund Nastrazzurro,
Furahan Biology and Allied matters
'. Accessed 2009-06-29.

Publications

* ''Die Automatie und die zentrale Beeinflussung des Herzens von ''Periplaneta americana''.''

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(1932). * ''Methodische Untersuchungen über die Geruchsorientierung von Fleischfliegen.''

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(1942). * with

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, ''Die Reptilien und Amphibien Mitteleuropas''. Quelle & Meyer, Heidelberg (1952). * Harald Stümpke (pseud.), ''Bau und Leben der Rhinogradentia'' with preface and illustrations by Gerolf Steiner.

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, (1961). . * Harald Stümpke (pseud.), ''Anatomie Et Biologie Des Rhinogrades — Un Nouvel Ordre De Mammifères''. Masson,

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(1962)]. * ''Das zoologische Laboratorium''. Schweizerbart Verlag, Schweizerbart, Stuttgart (1963). * Harald Stümpke (pseud.), ''The Snouters: Form and Life of the Rhinogrades''. Translated by

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. The

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(1967). * Trotzhard Wiederump (pseud.): ''Wie werde ich Diktator : ein Leitfaden für Männer und Frauen beiderlei Geschlechts in Familie, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Politik.''

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, (1968). * Justus Andereich (pseud.), ''Nebenergebnisse aus 1001 Sitzungen : Gesammelt zu Trost und Anregung für Mitsitzende, Mitleidende und Mitfühlende.'' Moos, Gräfelfing, (1968). * ''Zoomorphologie in Umrissen''. Gustav-Fischer, VEB,

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(1977). * ''Wort-Elemente der wichtigsten zoologischen Fachausdrücke'' Fischer, Stuttgart (1980). * Karl D.S. Geeste (pseud.), ''Stümpke's Rhinogradentia: Versuch einer Analyse.'' Essays, historical remarks, and an interview of H. Stümpke. (2nd printing 1988). * ''Wir sind zu viele - was tun?''

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(1992) . * Shutyunpuke Hararuto (= Stümpke Harald, pseud.): ''Bikōri: atarashiku hakken sareta honyūrui-no-kōzō-to seikatsu''. Hakuhinsha,

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(1997). . * ''Tierzeichnungen in Kürzeln''. : Gustav-Fischer, Stuttgart (1982);

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, Heidelberg, 3rd ed. (2006), . He also provided six illustrations for the following musical work: * Karl Andereich: ''Tema con variazioni.'' Konkordia, Bühl (1932).

References

External links

Gerolf Steiner
in the

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Notice of Gerolf Steiner's death
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