Erich Lindemann (botanist) explained

Erich Lindemann
Birth Date:May 8, 1888
Birth Place:Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Death Date:May 2, 1945
Death Place:Erbach, Hesse, Germany
Nationality:German
Occupation:Phycologist and taxonomist
Spouse:No

Erich Lindemann (May 8, 1888, in Güstrow, Mecklenburg-VorpommernMay 2, 1945, in Erbach, Hesse) was a German phycologist and taxonomist.[1]

Early life, education, and family

Lindemann's father was a teacher with Protestant-Lutheran confession. Lindemann was unmarried.[2] As Sergeant, he participated in World War I and was decorated with the Iron Cross.

Career

After secondary education, Erich Berthold Ludwig Wilhelm Lindemann studied natural science in Munich, Berlin and particularly Rostock.[3] He practised as teacher ‒in this order‒ at the gymnasium Rawicz, at the Realschulen Chodzież, Poznań and Wolsztyn, at the gymnasiums Rogoźno[4] and Ostrów Wielkopolski and at royal Comenius-gymnasium in Leszno.[2] In Wrocław, Lindemann completed his PhD at the Schlesische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Breslau in 1915. From 1919 to 1924, Lindemann was teacher in Tempelhof (Berlin), but was put in retirement in 1933 at the latest.

Lindemann's scientific work comprises the description of numerous dinophyte species. He was editor of the journal Schriften für Süßwasser- und Meereskunde[5] und founding member of the International Society of Limnology[6]

Works

Eponymy: Hemidinium lindemannii Skvortsov, Peridinium lindemannii M.Lefèvre, Stylodinium lindemannii Baumeister.

Notes and References

  1. Gottschling . M. . Martinsen . I. . Meyer . B. . July 2020 . A forgotten pioneer: The little known biographic stages of Erich Lindemann's life (1888–1945) . Protist . 171 . 3 . 125729 . 10.1016/j.protis.2020.125729 . 32521440. 219587998 .
  2. http://opac.bbf.dipf.de/cgi-opac117/hans.pl?t_tunnel=idn&idn=p168877
  3. http://matrikel.uni-rostock.de/id/200010065
  4. CV in the PhD thesis
  5. Schriften für Süßwasser- und Meereskunde 1, 1923
  6. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03680770.1923.11896441 Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie: Verhandlungen 1, 1922