Summary
Christoph Gottfried Andreas Giebel (13 September 1820 – 14 November 1881) was a German zoologist and palaeontologist. He was a professor of zoology at the University of Halle where he managed the zoology collections at the museum. His interests were in systematics and paleontology and he opposed Darwinian evolution. He published several works including Palaozoologie (1846); Fauna der Vorwelt (1847-1856); Deutschlands Petrefacten (1852); Odontographie (1855); Lehrbuch der Zoologie (1857); and Thesaurus ornithologiae (1872-1877).
Biography edit
Giebel was born on 13 September 1820 in Quedlinburg, Prussian Saxony where his father, Gottfried Andreas Giebel was a distillery owner. His mother was Johanna née Kühlholz. He was educated at the University of Halle where he graduated in 1845 with a Ph.D. on fossil hyenas. At Halle his instructors were Ernst Friedrich Germar and Hermann Burmeister.[1] In 1858 he became professor of zoology and director of the museum there. He died on 14 November 1881 at Halle.[2][3]
Works edit
Giebel's chief publications were Palaeozoologie (1846); Fauna der Vorwelt (1847-1856); Deutschlands Petrefacten (1852); Odontographie (1855); Lehrbuch der Zoologie (1857); Thesaurus ornithologiae (1872-1877).[2] His 5-volume Naturgeschichte des Tierreichs (1859–1864) is considered to be a forerunner to Brehms Tierleben.[4] With Wilhelm Heinrich Heintz, he was editor of the Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften.[5]
He is the taxonomic author of the extinct fish genera Asima (1848),[6] Elonichthys (1848),[7] and Tharsis (1847).[8][9] He also described many species of ectoparasitic birdlice.
References edit
- ^ Pfannenstiel, Max (1964). "Giebel, Christoph". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 6. p. 370.
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Anonymous (1881). "Christoph Gottfried Andreas Giebel. Ein Lebensbild". Zeitschrift für die gesammten Naturwissenschaft (in German). 54: 613–637.
- ^ Christian Gottfried Giebel Catalogus Professorum Halensis
- ^ Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften Internet Archive
- ^ Asima Giebel, 1848 GBIF
- ^ Elonichthys Giebel, 1848 GBIF
- ^ Taxon: Genus †Tharsis Taxonomicon
- ^ The Genera of Fishes ...: From Linnæus to Cuvier, 1758-1833 By David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann
Attribution:
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Giebel, Christoph Gottfried Andreas". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 2.
External links edit
- Thesaurus Ornithologiae (1872-1877)
- Die Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs (1860)
- Palaozoologie : Entwurf einer systematischen Darstellung der Fauna der Vorwelt
- Works by or about Christoph Gottfried Andreas Giebel at Internet Archive
- Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon (1905) (in German)