Franz Alfred Schilder

Franz Alfred Schilder
Franz Alfred Schilder
Born	Franz Xaver Alfred Johann Schilder; April 13, 1896; Královské Vinohrady, Czech Republic
Died	August 11, 1970 (aged 72); Halle, Germany
Citizenship	Germany
Known for	400 scientific papers in malacology and entomology
Spouse(s)	Maria Schilder
	Scientific career
Fields	malacology, zoology, entomology

Franz Xaver Alfred Johann Schilder (born 13 April 1896 in Královské Vinohrady, now a district of Prague, died 11 August 1970 in Halle ) was an Austrian-born[1] German biologist, taxonomist, malacologist and honorary professor of animal geography.

Life

Franz Alfred Schilder was born on 13 April 1896 in Prague suburbs.[1] In 1908, Schilder moved to Vienna. Having graduated from school in 1914, he studied medicine, but the next year his studies were interrupted by war. After the war, he continued studies in ethnography, geography and paleontology.[2] In 1921, he became a Doctor of Philosophy.[3]

In 1922, Schilder emigrated to Germany.[4] In Berlin he started attending the Entomological Museum.[3] Around this time Schilder married Maria Heitrich, a German chemist.[4] In 1925, Schilder already was a recognized scientist at Naumburg/Saale in the state institute for research on Phylloxera, remaining there until 1947.[2] In 1945, Schilder became a professor of zoology at the University of Halle-sur-Saale where he taught zoogeography and statistics.[3]

At first, he combined teaching at Halle with his primary work at Naumburg, however in 1947 he relocated to Halle and started teaching also genetics and anthropology.[2] Between 1954 and 1963 Schilder also lectured one day a week in Leipzig.[2] Schilder retired in 1962,[3] but even after that he was invited to lecture frequently until 1966.[2]

Schilder was a member of both English societies, of the German Zoological Society, the German Malacozoological Society, and an honorary member of the Hawaiian Malacological Society and the Keppel Bay Shell Club.[2]

Franz Albert Schilder died on 11 August 1970 in Halle.[1]

Research

Since the time when Schilder read an ethnological work Muschelgeldstudien by O. Schneider, he became interested in studying the Cypraeacea and wrote his dissertation about it. Cypraeidae was Schilder’s main research interest throughout his life.[2] Along with his wife, Maria Schilder they were a prolific team of mollusc systematists.[4]

Schilder’s complete bibliography comprises over 400 titles, including malacological, entomological, biometrical, etc. as well as text books.[2] Among others he published Lehrbuch der Allegomeinen Zoogeographie, a text which focuses on the recognition of biogeographic areas at all geographic scales.[4] A summary and conclusion of his work “A Catalogue of living and fossil Cowries” was written jointly with his wife, Maria Schilder and published after his death in 1971.[5]

Schilder established 45 new genera and 483 new species and subspecies.[2] In his honor were named: the genus Schilderia Tomlin 1930; the recent species Lyncina schilderorum Iredale 1939, the fossil species Zoila schilderi Dey (1932) 1941, and the race Cypraea tigris schilderiana Cate 1961.[2]

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References

"Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names". www.bemon.loven.gu.se. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
"Franz Alfred Schilder | Shellers From the Past and Present". www.conchology.be. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
Schilder, Maria; Schilder, Franz Alfred (1971). "A CATALOGUE OF LIVING AND FOSSIL COWRIES" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-05-17.
Parenti, Lynne; Ebach, Malte (2009-11-18). Comparative Biogeography: Discovering and Classifying Biogeographical Patterns of a Dynamic Earth. University of California Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-520-94439-8.
Schilder, Maria; Schilder, F. A (1971). A catalogue of living and fossil cowries. Taxonomy and bibliography of Triviacea and Cypraeacea, (Gastropeda Prosebranehia). Brussels: Institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique, r. Vautier, 31. OCLC 595707.

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[:0-1] "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names". www.bemon.loven.gu.se. Retrieved 2020-05-17.

[:3-2] "Franz Alfred Schilder | Shellers From the Past and Present". www.conchology.be. Retrieved 2020-05-17.

[:1-3] Schilder, Maria; Schilder, Franz Alfred (1971). "A CATALOGUE OF LIVING AND FOSSIL COWRIES" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-05-17.

[:2-4] Parenti, Lynne; Ebach, Malte (2009-11-18). Comparative Biogeography: Discovering and Classifying Biogeographical Patterns of a Dynamic Earth. University of California Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-520-94439-8.

[5] Schilder, Maria; Schilder, F. A (1971). A catalogue of living and fossil cowries. Taxonomy and bibliography of Triviacea and Cypraeacea, (Gastropeda Prosebranehia). Brussels: Institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique, r. Vautier, 31. OCLC 595707.