Paul Theodor Range Explained

thumb|Range, 1908 in Lüderitz BayPaul Theodor Range (1 May 1879 in Lübeck – 29 August 1952 in Lübeck) was a German geologist and naturalist.

He studied natural sciences at the universities of Würzburg and Leipzig, receiving his doctorate in 1903. From 1906 to 1914 he worked as a government geologist in German South-West Africa, and afterwards performed scientific studies in the Sinai Peninsula.^[1] From 1921 he gave lectures in geology at the University of Berlin, becoming an associate professor in 1934.^{[2] [3]} In 1936, he was named president of the Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft.^[1]

Range is commemorated in the scientific name of the Namib sand gecko (Pachydactylus rangei), which was described as a species new to science by herpetologist Lars Gabriel Andersson in 1908.^[4]

Published works

• Das Diluvialgebiet von Lübeck und seine Dryastone : nebst einer vergleichenden Besprechung der Glazialpflanzen führenden Ablagerungen überhaupt, 1903  - The diluvial area of Lübeck and its dryastone.
• Geologische Übersichtskarte des deutschen Namalandes, 1912  - Geological overview map of German Namaqualand.
• Beiträge und Ergänzungen zur Landeskunde des deutschen Namalandes, 1914  - Contributions and supplements to the geography of German Namaqualand.
• Ergebnisse von bohrungen in Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika, 1915  - Results from drilling in German South-West Africa.
• Die flora der Isthmuswuste, 1921  - Flora of the isthmus desert.
• Die küstenebene Palästinas. Mit geologischer übersichtskarte im maszstab 1:250000, 1922  - The coastal plain of Palestine; with a geological outline map (scale: 1:250000).
• Begleitworte zur geologischen Karte der Isthmuswüste, 1922  - Accompaniments to the geological map of the isthmus desert.
• Die isthmuswüste und Palästina, 1926  - The isthmus desert and Palestine.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. http://www.herbarien.uzh.ch/static/database/sammlerdetails_en.php?id=1052 Paul Theodor Range
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190048#page/591/mode/1up BHL
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=IG3Rp8NAO8EC&dq=%22Range%2C+Paul%22+L%C3%BCbeck&pg=PA173 Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie: (DBE)
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=0F758vNQ0UUC&dq=%22Paul+Range%22+1879&pg=PT684 The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles
5. http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ARange%2C+Paul+Theodor%2C&qt=hot_author OCLC WorldCat Search
6. http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Range%2C%20Paul%20Theodor%2C%201879- Paul Theodor Range