Karl Jordan (zoologist, born 1861)
Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan | |
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| Born | 7 December 1861 |
| Died | 12 January 1959 (aged 97) |
| Nationality | German |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Spouse | Minna Brünig |
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| Fields | Entomology |
Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan (7 December 1861 – 12 January 1959) was a
entomologist. He took a special interest in the taxonomy and classification of butterflies, beetles and fleas. Jordan was a founder of the International Congress of Entomology.[1]
Jordan was born in a farming family in
Siphonaptera. Jordan published over 400 papers, many jointly with Charles
and Walter Rothschild. He described 2,575 new species himself, with an additional 851 in collaboration with the Rothschilds.
Jordan married Minna Brünig in 1891, who he knew from a young age.[2]
Jordan initiated and founded the first International Entomological Congress, held in 1910 after being inspired by the zoological congresses that he attended at Berlin and Cambridge.Entomological Society of London from 1929 to 1930.
Jordan is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of African lizard, Karusasaurus jordani.[3]
In 1972, the Lepidopterists' Society began to award the Karl Jordan Medal in his honour.[4]
References
- S2CID 3962591. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ S2CID 58055324.
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Jordan", p. 136).
- ^ Miller, D. Lee (1973). "First Karl Jordan Medal awarded to Henri Stempffer" (PDF). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 27 (4). Lepidopterists' Society: 311–312.
Sources
- ISBN 0-09-153740-1.
- Johnson, Kristin (2012). Ordering Life: Karl Jordan and the Naturalist Tradition Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. viii + 376 pp. ISBN 1-4214-0650-0(electronic).
External links
- Internet Archive A Revision of the Lepidopterous Family Sphingidae (1903).
- Scholars Archive at Oregon State University Karl Jordan: A Life in Systematics (2003).
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