Paul Hesse (3 February 1857 – 26 February 1938) 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 ...
, who specialised in the study of
Mollusca
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
. In 1926, the
Academy of Natural Sciences of Pennsylvania purchased a collection of about 50,000 specimens from Hesse, mainly focusing on non-marine molluscs from Europe.
Works
Hesse's works included:
*Hesse, P., 1898: Die Perlfischerei im Roten Meere. ''Zoologische Garten'', 39: 382-385
*Hesse, P., 1911: Nekrolog.
Carl Agardh Westerlund
Carl Agardh Westerlund (12 January 1831 – 28 February 1908 in Ronneby) was a Swedish malacologist.
Biography
Westerlund was born at Berga in Kalmar County, Sweden.
He became a student in Uppsala University in 1853 and studied at Lund Unive ...
, (1831-1908) ''Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft'', 43: 167-171.
*Hesse, P., 1917: Mollusken von Varna und Umgebung, ''Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft''
*Hesse, P., 1918: Die systematische Stellung von Pyramidula rupestris Drap., nebst Bemerkungen über einige verwandte Genera.''Nachrichtsblattder Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft'', 5(1): 110-120.
*Hesse, P., 1925: On the anatomy of some Clausiliidae. ''Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London'' 16 (4): 154-162.
*Hesse, P., 1926: Die Nacktschnecken der palearktischen Region. ''Abhandlungen des Archiv für Molluskenkunde'' 2(1): 1-152.
References
Other sources
Deutsche Biographie* 1939 Paul Hesse’s Schriften. ''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'', 71 (1): 52-55.
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20th-century German zoologists
1857 births
1938 deaths
19th-century German zoologists