Franz Hermann Troschel

Franz Hermann Troschel (10 October 1810 – 6 November 1882) was a German zoologist born in Spandau.

He studied mathematics and natural history at the University of Berlin, where he was awarded his doctorate in 1834.^[1] From 1840 to 1849 he was an assistant to Martin Lichtenstein at the Natural History Museum of Berlin.^[1] In 1849 he became a professor of zoology and natural history at the University of Bonn. In 1851 he became a member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.^[2]

Troschel is remembered for the identification and classification of species in the fields of malacology, ichthyology and herpetology.

Troschel's (Evasterias troscheliii),

sea star

Troschel's (Murex troschelii), and a

murex

freshwater snail ().

Bithynia troschelii

A few of the species that contain his name are

. Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn. 1842 (With Johannes Peter Müller (1801–1858)).

System der Asteriden

Über die Bedeutsamkeit des naturgeschichtlichen Unterrichts. Berlin 1845.

Horae ichthyologicae. Berlin 1845–49, 3 volumes (With Johannes Peter Müller).

Handbuch der Zoologie, third to seventh edition, Berlin 1848/1853/1859/1864/1871, (original authors (1802–1841) and Johann Friedrich Ruthe (1788–1859)). Digital 6th edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf

Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann

Johannes Thiele

Troschel was the editor of Archiv für Naturgeschichte from volume 15 (1849) to 48 (1882), Berlin, Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung ().

Volume 35, part 2, online

(incomplete)

See

Category:Taxa named by Franz Hermann Troschel

H. von Dechen, 1883. Zur Erinnerung an Dr. Franz Hermann Troschel; Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereines der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 40 (Correspondenzblatt 1): p. 35–54 (biography and bibliography).

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