Hinrich Nitsche (14 February 1845, in Breslau – 8 November 1902, in

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) 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 ...

. He was a son-in-law to

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Oscar Peschel Oscar Ferdinand Peschel (17 March 1826, Dresden – 13 August 1875, Leipzig) was a German geographer and anthropologist. Biography As the son of an officer and teacher at the local military school, Peschel studied law from 1845 to 1848 in L ...

(1826-1875). He studied zoology at the Universities of

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and

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, obtaining his doctorate at the latter institution in 1868. After graduation, he worked as an assistant to

Rudolf Leuckart Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf Leuckart (7 October 1822 – 22 February 1898) was a German zoologist born in Helmstedt. He was a nephew to naturalist Friedrich Sigismund Leuckart (1794–1843). Academic career He earned his degree from the Uni ...

at the

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. During the Franco-Prussian War, he served as a volunteer medical assistant. In 1875, he became an associate professor of zoology at Leipzig, and during the following year was appointed professor of zoology at the

Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry The Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry (German: ''Königliche-Sächsische Forstakademie'') in Tharandt, Saxony, near Dresden, was founded by silviculturist Heinrich Cotta in 1811. Established in conjunction with the school, and later integrated wit ...

. In 1869-70 he divided the phylum

Bryozoa Bryozoa (also known as the Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals) are a phylum of simple, aquatic invertebrate animals, nearly all living in sedentary colonies. Typically about long, they have a special feeding structure called a l ...

into two groups, Endoprocta and

Ectoprocta Bryozoa (also known as the Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals) are a phylum of simple, aquatic invertebrate animals, nearly all living in sedentary colonies. Typically about long, they have a special feeding structure called a l ...

, with the latter group of animals being characterized by having its anus outside of the crown of tentacles, as opposed to Endoprocta. Today the term "Ectoprocta" is considered to be synonymous with Bryozoa. The

herpetological Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning " reptile" or "creeping animal") is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians (gymnophiona)) and r ...

species Nitsche's bush viper (''Atheris nitschei'' ) is named in his honor.

Selected writings

*''Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Bryozoen'', 1869 – Contributions to the understanding of Bryozoa. *''Erklärungen zu den zoologischen wandtafeln'', 1877 (with Rudolf Leuckart and

Carl Chun Carl Chun (1 October 1852 – 11 April 1914) was a German marine biologist. Chun was born in Höchst, today a part of Frankfurt, and studied zoology at the University of Leipzig, where from 1878 to 1883 he was privat-docent of zoology and an a ...

) – Explanations involving zoological wall charts. *''Lehrbuch der mitteleuropäischen Forstinsektenkunde'', 1895 (with Johann Friedrich Judeich and

Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg (16 February 1801– 24 October 1871) was a German zoologist, botanist, entomologist, and forester. Biography Ratzeburg was born in Berlin, the son of a professor at the veterinary school of the University ...

) – Textbook of Central European forest

entomology Entomology () is the science, scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such ...

. *''Die Forstinsekten Mitteleuropas, Ein Lehr- und Handbuch'', 1914 (by Karl Escherich, a new edition of Judeich-Nitsche's ''Lehrbuch der mitteleuropäischen forstinsektenkunde''). – Forest entomology of Central Europe.Biodiversity Library
(published works)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nitsche, Hinrich 1845 births 1902 deaths Scientists from Wrocław Academic staff of Leipzig University 19th-century German zoologists German entomologists People from the Province of Silesia