Adolph Eduard Grube

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Adolph Eduard Grube

Adolph Eduard Grube (18 May 1812, in

zoologist. He served as a professor at the University of Dorpat before moving to Wrocław.[1]

Life and work

Grube was born in Königsberg (Królewiec) to lawyer Karl Eduard (1783–1833) and Ernestine Luise née Mertens (1788–1857) and went to the

Polychaetes and described more than 500 species. He worked on other invertebrate groups as well. He was one of the early scientific explorers of the Adriatic Sea.[2] In 1864 he interevened in the trial of Benedykt Dybowski with Chancellor Bismarck and helped commute a death sentence on Dybowski, which was made into 12 years of exile.[3][4]

During the January Uprising, Grube's son who worked in the Prussian army was put on trial for assisting people join insurgent forces. Ferdinand von Roemer married Grube's sister-in-law Katarzyna Schäfer. In 1863-64, Grube was rector for the University of Wrocław, and in 1859-60 and 1879-80 as dean. He died at Wrocław. Chirocephalus grubei and Eubranchipus grubii were named after him by Dybowski.[4]

Works

An incomplete list of publications includes:

  • 1850. "Die Familien der Anneliden". Archiv für Naturgeschichte Berlin, 16(1): 249–364[5]
  • 1866 "Beschreibungen neuer von der Novara-Expedition mitgebrachter Anneliden und einer neuen landplanarie". Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 16: 173–184.
  • 1866 "Eine neue Annelida, zunächst einer nordischen, in der Nähe der Ophelien und Scalibregmen zu stellenden Annelide, Euzonus arcticus". Jahresbericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Kultur 43: 64–65.
  • 1866 "Neue Anneliden aus den Gattungen Eunice, Hesione, Lamprophaes, und Travisia". Jahresbericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Kultur 44: 64-66.
  • 1866 "Resultate einer Revision der Euniceen". Jahresbericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Kultur 44: 66–68.
  • 1872. "Über die Gattung Lycastis und ein par neue Arten derselben". Jahres-Bericht Schleis. Gesell. 49:47–48.

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names". Archived from the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
  3. ^ Uschmann, Georg (1966). "Grube, Eduard". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 7. p. 174.
  4. ^ a b Czerner-Wieczorek, Katarzyna, ed. (2000). "Grube Adolph Eduard (1812-1880). Ekspert w dziedzinie badań wieloszczetów". Materiały Opracowania. 3 (PDF) (in Polish). pp. 69–71.
  5. ^ "Jahrg.16:Bd.1 (1850) - Archiv für Naturgeschichte. - Biodiversity Heritage Library". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved 16 September 2015.

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