Eugen Korschelt

Eugen Korschelt (28 September 1858, Zittau – 28 December 1946, Marburg) was a German zoologist. He is known for his research in the field of comparative embryology and his work involving biological regeneration and transplantation.

He served as a lecturer at the Universities of Freiburg and Berlin. becoming a professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Marburg in 1892.^[1] At Marburg, he succeeded Richard Greeff as director of zoological institute, and twice served as university rector (1904/05, 1914/15). In 1912/13 he was president of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (German Zoological Society).^[2]

Organisms with the specific epithet of korschelti are named after him, an example being the ribbon worm species Amphiporus korschelti.^[3]

Published works

With Austrian zoologist Karl Heider, he co-wrote an important textbook on comparative embryology called Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Entwicklungsgeschichte der wirbellosen Thiere. It was later translated into English and published as "Text-book of the embryology of invertebrates" (several volumes). In 1907 he published Regeneration und Transplantation, a work that was also translated into English; "Regeneration and transplantation".^[4] With physiologist Max Verworn, chemist Karl Schaum and others, he was editor of the 10-volume Handwörterbuch der Naturwissenschaften (1912-1915).^[5]

References

• "Parts of this article are based on translated text from an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia".