Hertwig, Richard Carl Wilhelm Theodor Ritter von

[Portrait of Richard von Hertwig]

Bio: * 1850, Friedberg, Germany; † 1937, Schlederlohe, Germany
Career: Younger brother of Oscar Hertwig; 1868-1871 studied medicine and zoology at the universities of Jena (under Ernst Haeckel), Zürich and Bonn together with Oscar, where both received their M.D. in 1872; 1872 assistant of Max Schultze (again together with his brother) at the anatomical institute in Bonn; 1875 Ph.D. and Habilitation in Jena, where he became assoc. professor for zoology in 1878; 1881 professor for zoology at the University of Königsberg (Kaliningrad); 1883 professor for zoology at the University of Bonn; 1885 professor for zoology and director of the Institute for Zoology at the University of Munich; 1925 retired.
Degrees: Dr. med. 1872; Dr. phil. 1875 Habilitation 1875
VL Library: Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Baues der Ascidien, in: Jena. Z. Naturwiss. 7(1873): 74-102; Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Acineten (Diss.), Leipzig 1875; (mit O. Hertwig) Studien zur Blättertheorie, H. 1-5, Jena 1879-1883; Über die Conjugation der Infusorien, in: Abh. Bayer. AdW München, Math.-nat. Kl., 17(1889): 151-233; Über Parthenogenesis der Infusorien und die Depressionszustände der Protozoen, in: Biol. Zbl. 34(1914): 557-581; Eireife und Befruchtung, in: Handbuch der vergleichenden und experimentellen Entwicklungslehre, Bd. 1, Jena 1906.

1849 - 1922

1834 - 1919

Hertwig, O.. R. Hertwig. 1881. Die Coelomtheorie. In: Biologisches Centralblatt 1: 18-21. Journal Article