Karl Grobben

Karl Grobben (also: Carl Grobben; born August 27, 1854 in Brno, † April 13, 1945 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian zoologist.

Grobben studied from 1873 to 1877 in Vienna Science and Zoology. In 1877 he received his doctorate, 1879 habilitation. He became associate professor in 1884 and in 1893 full professor of zoology at the University of Vienna. He specialized in molluscs and crustaceans.

After the death of Carl Claus, he led his standard work basic principles of zoology on.

In 1904 he became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, 1913, he was appointed privy councilor and in 1925 professor emeritus ( he was succeeded by January Versluys ).

Writings

• The development history of Moina rectirostris (1879 )
• Doliolum and his generation (1882 )
• Morphological studies on the urinary and genital organs (1884 )
• For knowledge of the family tree and the system of the Crustacea (1892 )
• The systematic classification of the animal kingdom (1908 )
• 1905, 2nd edition 1932 Publisher: Textbook of Zoology ( 1880 by Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus justified)
• Attempt at an explanation for the change in bead layers: a cell physiological observation (1925 )