Gustav Woldemar Focke (24 January 1810, Bremen – 1 June 1877, Bremen) was a German physician and naturalist. He was a nephew of naturalist Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus.
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He studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg, receiving his doctorate in 1833. Following graduation, he was engaged in scientific research during an extended trip to various locations — in Berlin, he was greatly influenced by the microscopic investigations being done by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. In 1835 he settled as a general practitioner in his hometown of Bremen. In 1869 he was named chairman of the Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Bremen.[1]
In the field of phycology, he is known for his research involving desmids and diatoms.[2] In 1844 he described the water flea Leptodora kindtii, a species that he named in honor of pharmacist Georg Christian Kindt (1793–1869).[3] The genus Fockea (family Apocynaceae) was named after him by Stephan Endlicher.[1][4]
Selected works
edit- De respiratione vegetabilium. Commentatio inauguralis phytologica, 1833. (Of the respiration of vegetables: Inaugural phytological commentary)
- Über einige Organisationsverhältnisse bei polygastrischen Infusorien und Räderthieren. Isis. 1836; 10: 785–787.
- Planaria Ehrenbergii, 1836.
- Ein neues Infusorium. Abh. d. Naturw. Ver. zu Bremen. V. S. 103.[1]
- Physiologische studien (2 volumes, 1847–54).[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c ADB:Focke, Gustav Woldemar In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, S. 145 f.
- ^ The Academy, Volume 12 Google Books
- ^ Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. K Archived 2015-01-28 at the Wayback Machine BEMON
- ^ Endlicher, Stephan; Fenzl, Eduard (1839). Novarum stirpium decas I-X. [Vindobonae: Typis Sollingerianis]. p. 17-19. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.127663.
- ^ Most widely held works by Gustav Woldemar Focke WorldCat Identities
- ^ International Plant Names Index. G.W.Focke.