Herluf Winge Explained

Adolf Herluf Winge
Birth Date:19 March 1857
Birth Place:Copenhagen, Denmark
Death Place:Hellerup, Denmark
Nationality:Danish
Field:Zoology, paleontology
Author Abbreviation Zoo:Winge

Adolf Herluf Winge (19 March 1857 – 10 November 1923) was a Danish zoologist.

Biography

As a young student, along with his brother Oluf, Winge was interested in small mammals, particularly moles, shrews and insectivora. He studied mammalian dentition and produced a comparison of cusp similarities. He worked at the Zoological Museum in the University of Copenhagen from 1885. A major work was his three volumes of E Museo Lundii on the extinct fauna of South America with 75 plates that he drew. He also studied the animal remains found in the kitchen-middens of Denmark.[1] [2]

Winge was described as a Lamarckist by some authors.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Anon.. Nature . 112. 946–947 . 1923 . 10.1038/112946b0. Obituary . 2826. 1923Natur.112..946M . free .
  2. Herluf Winge, 1857–1923. Böving, AG. Journal of Mammalogy. 5. 3. 1924. 196–199 . 10.2307/1373288. 1373288.
  3. Book: Hansen, P. 1902. Illustreret dansk Litteraturhistorie. Volume 3. Copenhagen. Gyldendals Forlag. Danish.