Ernst Gaupp

Ernst Wilhelm Theodor Gaupp ( born July 13, 1865 in Bytom ( Silesia ), † November 23, 1916 in Breslau) was a German anatomist and Wirbeltiermorphologe.

Life

After graduating from high school in 1884 in Elbing, he studied one semester science in Jena, including Ernst Haeckel and Karl von Bardeleben. Following Gaupp studied medicine at the universities of Königsberg and Breslau, where he in 1889 with a dissertation: received his doctorate about the dimensions and weight differences between the bones of the right and left limb of man. In his time he was Breslauer particularly by dealing with, inter alia, Hasse and Born under the strong influence Gegenbaur 's thought. After his habilitation in 1893 in Breslau Gaupp worked in Freiburg im Breisgau, 1912, he took over the anatomical institute in Königsberg. In 1915 he received an appointment at the University of Wroclaw.

Ernst Gaupp created over 30, often very extensive publications. His name is particularly associated with his work on the vertebrate skull, which are the foundation of any analysis on the morphology and morphogenesis of crânien today.

Writings (selection )

• The Anatomy of the Frog. 2nd edition, Vieweg, Braunschweig 1887 -. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.5515 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.10095 3rd edition doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.5511