Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Döderlein
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March 3, 1855 Bad Bergzabern, Germany |
| Died | April 23, 1936 (aged 81) Munich, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Fields | Zoology |
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| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Döderlein |
Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Döderlein (3 March 1855, Bad Bergzabern – 23 April 1936, Munich) was a German zoologist. He specialized in echinoderms, particularly sea stars, sea urchins, and crinoids. He was one of the first European zoologists to have the opportunity to do research work in Japan from 1879 to 1881. Today, he is considered one of the most important pioneers of marine biological research in Japan.
He was the director and curator of the Musée zoologique de la ville de Strasbourg from 1882 to 1919. He headed the Zoologische Staatssammlung München from 1923 to 1927 and was Professor of Zoology in the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
Ludwig Döderlein was born in Bad Bergzabern on March 3, 1855. He went to school in Bayreuth from 1864 to 1873. Both places were then part of the Kingdom of Bavaria. From 1873 to 1875 he studied natural sciences in the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, where he also worked as an assistant to the German zoologist Emil Selenka in the summer of 1875. From 1875 to 1876 he took two semesters at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
After graduating, Döderlein moved to Alsace (which had been annexed by Prussia at the end of the Franco-Prussian War). There he completed his Doctorate of Philosophy in Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Strasbourg on June 26, 1877. From 1876 to 1878 he worked for four semesters in the zoology department of the University of Strasbourg as an assistant to the German zoologist and phycologist Eduard Oscar Schmidt.
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