Johannes Vogel
Johannes Christian Vogel FLS FAAAS (born 15 May 1963) is a German botanist, who has been Keeper of Botany at the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom since 2004.[1] He will soon become General Director of the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin.[2]
He was educated at Bielefeld University and Peterhouse, Cambridge. From 1982 to 1984 Vogel was a professional soldier in the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany.[3]
In 2003 he married Sarah Darwin, a great-great-granddaughter of the naturalist Charles Darwin; they have two sons Leo Erasmus Darwin Vogel (born 2003) and Josiah Algy Darwin Vogel (born 2005). In 2009/10 the family were part of a recreation of Darwin's voyage on the Beagle for the Dutch TV show Beagle: In Darwin's Wake}[4] (Dutch: Beagle: In het kielzog van Darwin)[5] on board of the sailing ship Stad Amsterdam.
Vogel is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2010).[6]
References
- ^ ‘VOGEL, Johannes Christian’, Who's Who 2011, A & C Black, 2011; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2010 ; online edn, Oct 2010 accessed 10 May 2011
- ^ Johannes Vogel soll neuer Generaldirektor des Museums für Naturkunde werden. Pressemitteilung der Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung, Berlin, 10. Mai 2011. (Johannes Vogel is supposed to become new General Director if the Museum für Naturkunde. Press release by the Senate for Education, Science and Research, Berlin, May 10, 2011.)
- ^ Vogel's homepage at the NHM London
- ^ "Beagle website". VPRO. http://beagle.vpro.nl/#/talen/item/12/. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
- ^ Relative recreates Darwin voyage, BBC News, 1 September 2009
- ^ http://www.aaas.org/aboutaaas/fellows/2010.shtml American Association for the Advancement of Science:Members Elected as Fellows in 2010 (Accessed May 2011)
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