August Dehnel
August Gustaw Dehnel s. Michała
Dehnel was born in Warsaw, the son of Maria née Sliwicka and physician Michael Dehnel. After school he was conscripted and served in
Emys orbicularis and later studied avian embryology. Along with Tur, they examined experimental approaches to embryonic development in fowl eggs and discovered that growth and development was highly regulated.[5]
In 1935 he left work at Warsaw University and began to study the mammal fauna of Poland at the State Zoological Museum. He also worked on the management of beaver habitats. During World War II he was conscripted and taken prisoner by the Germans. He gave biology lectures at the prisoner-of-war camp in Grosborn. He returned to the Museum in May 1946 and a year later joined the
Dehnel also took a special interest in falconry and was among the last falconers in Poland. He admired the writings of Anatole France and Mikhail Sholohov.[5]
Books
- 1960: "Maleńki ssak o dużej przyszłości" (popular science, about shrews)
- 1949: "Zamki na wodzie" (popular science, about beavers)
- 1947: "Najpospolitsze gryzonie i ich zwalczanie" ("Cost Common Rodents and the Fight against Them") (with E. Kaminski)
- 1939: "O sztuce układania ptaków drapieżnych do łowów" ("About the Art of Upbringing of Birds of Prey for Hunting")
Decorations
- 1920: Polish-Soviet War (1918-1920)[2]
- 1950: State Award of the Polish People's Republic of III degree[2]
- 1954: Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta[2]
- 1954: Golden Cross of Merit (Poland)[1]
- 1954: Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland[2]
References
- ^ a b "Uchwała Rady Państwa z dnia 28 września 1954 r. O nadaniu odznaczeń państwowych".
- ^ a b c d e f "Dehnel August, prof. nadzw. (1903-1962)" (article mirror Archived 2009-04-21 at the Wayback Machine)
- ^ Zdzislaw Pucek, "August Dehnel", Przegląd Zoologiczny, 1963, vil. VII, no.4 (retrieved November 16, 2017)
- ^ Zimmermann, Klaus (1963). "Zum Gedenken an August Dehnel". Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde (in German). 28: 187–188.
- ^ .
- ^ Poland: a handbook. Warsaw: Interpress Publishers. p. 358.
- ^ "Small-minded? Shrews shrink their skulls to survive winter, study shows", Nicola Davis, The Guardian, October 23, 2017
