Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker

German zoologist and entomologist (1828–1895)

Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker

Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker (30 August 1828 – 20 June 1895) was a German zoologist, entomologist and professor at the University of Berlin and then the University of Greifswald.

## Biography[edit]

Gerstaecker was born in Berlin, where he studied medicine and natural sciences, receiving his PhD in 1855 as a student of Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug. In 1856 he obtained his habilitation for zoology, and soon afterwards, became a curator at the Zoological Museum of Humboldt University. In 1864 he began work as a lecturer at the Landwirtschaftlichen Lehranstalt (Agricultural Educational Facility) in Berlin. In 1874 he became an associate professor for zoology at the University of Berlin, and in 1876, a professor of zoology at the University of Greifswald.[1] He died in Greifswald.

## Works[edit]

* Monographie der Endomychiden (1858) - Monograph on Endomychidae.
* Handbuch der Zoologie (with Wilhelm Peters und Julius Victor Carus), Leipzig (1863-1875).
* Carus, Julius Victor; Gerstaecker, C.E.A., eds. (1863). Handbuch der zoologie. Zweiter Band. Leipzig: Engelmann. (Arthropoda)
* Arthropoda, in Klassen und Ordnungen des Thierreichs, (Section Arthropoda, in classes and orders of the Animals) 1866–93.
* Beitrag zur Insekten-Fauna von Zanzibar. Parts [1]-3. (1866) - Contribution to the insect-fauna of Zanzibar.
* Das Skelet des Döglings Hyperoodon Rostratus (Pont.) Ein Beitrag zur Osteologie der Cetaceen und zur vergleichenden Morphologie der Wirbelsäule, (1887) - The skeleton of the northern bottlenose whale. A contribution to the osteology of cetaceans and the comparative morphology of the spinal column.[2]
* 'On The Geographical Distribution and Varieties of the Honey-Bee, with Remarks upon the Exotic Honeybees of the Old World, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Zoology, Botany, and Geology (1863) vol.11, no.3, pp. 270-283.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Gerstaecker, Carl Eduard Adolph In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7, S. 323.
2. ^ HathiTrust Digital Library published works
3. ^ Gerstaecker, A. (1863). "XXXI.—On the geographical distribution and varieties of the Honey-Bee, with remarks upon the Exotic Honey-Bees of the Old World". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 11: 270–283.

## External links[edit]

* Adolph Gerstäcker de.Wikisource (bibliography)
* Zoological Institute of Greifswald University

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