Franz Hermann Troschel

Franz Hermann Troschel ( born October 10, 1810 in Spandau (now Berlin), † November 6, 1882 in Bonn ) was a German zoologist.

Troschel studied since 1831 in Berlin, mathematics and science. In 1844 he was habilitated at Berlin University as a lecturer in zoology. Since 1840, he was under the director Martin Lichtenstein curator at the Zoological Museum in Berlin. In 1849 he became professor of zoology and general science at the University of Bonn.

In Bonn, a street is named after him.

Works

• System of asteroids. 1842 ( with Johannes Peter Müller)
• About the importance of the natural history lessons. Berlin 1845
• Horae ichthyologicae. Berlin 1845-49, 3 booklets ( with Johannes Peter Müller)
• Handbook of Zoology. Berlin 1848/1853/1859/1864/1871 ( Troschel edited the 3rd to the 7th edition of the previously issued by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann and Johann Friedrich Ruthe manual) 6th edition Lüderitz, Berlin 1864 ( Digitized edition of the University and State Library Dusseldorf )