Hermann Landois (19 April 1835,

Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state di ...

– 29 January 1905) 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 kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and d ...

. He was the brother of physiologist Leonard Landois (1837–1902). He belonged to the Catholic popularizers of science who gained attraction in late nineteenth-century Germany. He studied natural sciences and Catholic

theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

in Münster, where he was ordained as a priest in 1859. In 1863 he obtained his doctorate in zoology at the

University of Greifswald The University of Greifswald (; german: Universität Greifswald), formerly also known as “Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald“, is a public research university located in Greifswald, Germany, in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pom ...

, later becoming an associate professor of zoology at the Academy in Münster (1873).NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie
/ref> In 1871 he founded the ''Westfälischen Vereins für Vogelschutz, Geflügel- und Singvögelzucht'' (Westphalian Association for bird protection, poultry and songbird breeding), and during the following year founded the ''Zoologischen Sektion für Westfalen und Lippe'' (Zoological Division of

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and

Lippe Lippe () is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Herford, Minden-Lübbecke, Höxter, Paderborn, Gütersloh, and district-free Bielefeld, which forms the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe. The ...

). In 1875, he founded the Westphalian Zoo in Münster, a preserve with emphasis on European domestic mammals.Vom Landois-Zoo zum Allwetterzoo
History. It had a building for the display, cultivation and breeding of various fowl as well as aviaries for songbirds. In 1876 a "monkey house" was constructed. Eventually, the zoo expanded to include native fauna in general. By the end of 1882, the site had "niche displays" ( dioramas) representing fauna from Australia, the

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coast, German forests, the African landscape, as well as a section that contained fossils from prehistoric Westphalia. Among his students was the popular writer

Hermann Löns Hermann Löns (29 August 1866 – 26 September 1914) was a German journalist and writer. He is most famous as "The Poet of the Heath" for his novels and poems celebrating the people and landscape of the North German moors, particularly the L ...

Selected writings

* ''Lehrbuch der Zoologie'' (with Bernard Altum), 1868. * ''Thierstimmen'', 1874. * ''Das Studium der Zoologie mit besonderer Rücksicht auf das Zeichnen der Tierformen'', 1905.WorldCat Identities
(publications)

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Vom Landois-Zoo zum Allwetterzoo
History. {{DEFAULTSORT:Landois, Hermann 1835 births 1905 deaths Academic staff of the University of Münster 19th-century German zoologists