Ambrosius Hubrecht

Ambrosius Arnold Willem Hubrecht ( born March 2, 1853 in Rotterdam, † March 21, 1915 in Utrecht ) was a Dutch zoologist.

Life

The son of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior Paul François Hubrecht (* 29 November 1829 in Leiden, † July 7, 1902 in Apeldoorn ) and his wife Maria Pruys van der Hoeven ( born January 15, 1824 in Rotterdam, † January 17, 1901 in 's -Gravenhage ) came from father's side a Dutch patrician family and was the mother of scholarly narrowness bad. From 1865 he had visited the higher public school of his native city and in 1869 the Polytechnic in Delft related. Hubrecht began in 1870 at Utrecht University studying biology. In Utrecht Franciscus Cornelis Donders were and Pieter Harting (1813-1885) his formative teacher. In 1873 he continued at the University of Leiden at Emil Selenka continued his studies and his knowledge had expanded in 1874 under Carl Gegenbaur at the University of Heidelberg.

In 1874 he returned to Utrecht and was on October 21, 1874 eenige with the very good essay Aanteekeningen over de anatomy, histology s ontwikkelingsgeschiedenis van nemertines (Utrecht 1874 free German translated. Remarks on the anatomy, histology and development history of some string worms ) his Doctor of natural History. He worked as an assistant at the Zoological Institute in Erlangen, went in 1875 as a curator at the National Museum of Natural History in Leiden and in 1882 was appointed professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Utrecht, which activity he hypothesis with a speech De the versnelde ontwikkeling door eerstgeboorten s hare plaats in de evolutieleer (Utrecht 1882 free German translation: the hypothesis of accelerated development of primogeniture and their place in evolution. ) took.

During his time in Utrecht his interest in comparative embryology of the vertebrates began to develop. As a loyal supporter of Darwin 's theory, he tried to interpret relationships, the results of his research with respect. He examined in comparative studies ova in the uterus and their first stages in the placenta. To have for his research material in sufficient quantity, Hubrecht undertook research trips led him 1890/91 according to the Dutch East Indies, 1912 Algeria and 1914 to Africa. He had built up a comprehensive inventory of materials to embryonic mammals.

1910 was especially a professor of comparative embryology set up for him in Utrecht, which he took with a held on May 2, 1910 speech De plaats the vergelijkende embryology in het Hooger onderwijs. 1901/ 02 he was also Rector of Utrecht Alma Mater was, has honorary doctorates from six foreign universities receive (St. Andrews, Princeton, Cambridge, Glasgow, Giessen and Dublin) and was honored as Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion. Since 1883 he was appointed a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Netherlands ( KNAW ) and many foreign academic and scientific societies.

The scale of his collection is housed since 2004 in the Berlin Museum of Natural History and is part of the Humboldt University.

Works

  • The Kopfskelet the HolocephaIen. 1876
  • The genera of European Nemerteans critically revised. 1879
  • Report on the Nemertea, collected by BL MS Challenger. 1881
  • Proneomenia Sluiteri with remarks on the anatomy of the Amphineura. 1881
  • The ancestral forms of the Chordata. 1883
  • Proeve eener ontwikkelingsgeschiedenis van Lineus obscures. 1885
  • Dondersia festiva, genus et species nova. 1888
  • The blastula of Tarsius. An Aid to the stricter definition of certain orders of mammals. Leipzig, 1896
  • The Descent of the Primates; Lectures delivered on the occasion of the sesquicentennial celebration of Princeton University. New York, 1897
  • De nieuwe evolutie in banen. 1902 ( Rector's Address )
  • The Säugetierontogenese their significance for the phylogeny of vertebrates. Jena, 1909
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