Wilhelm Troll Explained

Julius Georg Hubertus Wilhelm Troll (3 November 1897, Munich  - 28 December 1978, Mainz) was a German botanist, known for his studies in the field of plant morphology. He advocated a morphological biology that was rooted in the nature philosophy of Goethe.^[1] He was an older brother to geographer Carl Troll (1899–1975).

Biography

From 1919 to 1921, he studied biological sciences at the University of Munich, where he was a pupil of botanist Karl Ritter von Goebel.^[2] In 1929/30 he participated in the Sunda Expedition der Notgemeinschaft der Deutschen Wissenschaft, during which, he conducted studies on the respiratory roots of mangrove plants.^[3] In 1932 he was appointed professor of botany and director of the botanical garden at the University of Halle, and in 1946, he became a professor of botany and general biology at the University of Mainz.^[4]

Some plants with the specific epithet of trollii honor his name,.^[5]

Selected works

• Goethes morphologische schriften, ausgewählt und eingeleitet von Wilhelm Troll. 1932  - Goethe's morphological writings.^[6]
• Vergleichende morphologie der höheren pflanzen, 1935  - Comparative morphology of higher plants.
• Gestalt und Urbild : gesammelte Aufsätze zu Grundfragen der organischen Morphologie, 1941  - Shape and archetype: collected essays on basic questions of organic morphology.
• Allgemeine Botanik; ein Lehrbuch auf vergleichend-biologischer Grundlage, 1948  - General botany; a textbook on comparative and biological basics.
• Praktische Einführung in die Pflanzenmorphologie; ein Hilfsbuch für den botanischen Unterricht und für das Selbststudium, 1954  - Practical introduction to plant morphology; an auxiliary book for botanical teaching and self-study.
• Die Infloreszenzen : Typologie und Stellung im Aufbau des Vegetationskörpers, 1964  - Inflorescences: Typology and position involving the structure of the plant body.^[7]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=gPrtE4K0WC8C&dq=%22wilhelm+troll%22+morphology&pg=PA149 Biologists Under Hitler
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212546#page/516/mode/1up BHL
3. http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/FMCollectors/T/TrollW.htm Nationaal Herbarium.Nederland
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=1NVRfl4gCw0C&dq=%22troll%2C+wilhelm%22+1897&pg=PA99 Thibaut - Zycha, Volume 10
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=u2n5vusQ1DEC&dq=%22wilhelm+troll%22+trollii&pg=PA244 Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names
6. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=%22Troll,%20Wilhelm,%201897-%22&type=author&inst= Catalog HathiTrust
7. http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/ClassifyDemo?search-author-txt=%22Troll%2C+Wilhelm%2C+1897-%22 OCLC Classify