Friedrich Oltmanns (11 July 1860, in Oberndorf – 13 December 1945) was a German

biologist A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual Cell (biology), cell, a multicellular organism, or a Community (ecology), community of Biological inter ...

phycologist. In 1884 he received his doctorate at the

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, afterwards working as an assistant at the

University of Rostock The University of Rostock () is a public university located in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Founded in 1419, it is the third-oldest university in Germany. It is the oldest university in continental northern Europe and the Baltic Se ...

(from 1885). In 1893, he was appointed an associate professor of

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at the

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, where in 1902 he became a full professor and director of the

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. With

Max Verworn Max Richard Constantin Verworn (4 November 1863 – 23 November 1921) was a German physiologist who was a native of Berlin. He studied medicine and natural sciences in Berlin, and later moved to Jena, where he furthered his studies with Ernst Hae ...

Hermann Theodor Simon Hermann Theodor Simon (1 January 1870, in Kirn – 22 December 1918, in Göttingen) was a German physicist. Biography He studied physics at the Universities of University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg and University of Berlin, Berlin, earning his d ...

Eugen Korschelt Eugen Korschelt (28 September 1858, in Zittau – 28 December 1946, in Marburg) was a German zoologist. He is known for his research in the field of comparative embryology and his work involving biological regeneration and transplantation. H ...

and others, he was co-editor of the 10-volume ''Handwörterbuch der Naturwissenschaften''. He was the author of the three volume ''Morphologie und Biologie der Algen'' (Morphology and biology of

algae Algae ( , ; : alga ) is an informal term for any organisms of a large and diverse group of photosynthesis, photosynthetic organisms that are not plants, and includes species from multiple distinct clades. Such organisms range from unicellular ...

): * Volume 1:

Chrysophyceae The Chrysophyceae, usually called chrysophytes, chrysomonads, golden-brown algae, or golden algae, are a large group of algae, found mostly in freshwater. Golden algae is also commonly used to refer to a single species, '' Prymnesium parvum'', wh ...

Chlorophyceae The Chlorophyceae, also known as chlorophycean algae, are one of the classes of green algae, within the phylum Chlorophyta. They are a large assemblage of mostly freshwater and terrestrial organisms; many members are important primary producers i ...

. * Volume 2:

Phaeophyceae Brown algae (: alga) are a large group of multicellular algae comprising the class Phaeophyceae. They include many seaweeds located in colder waters of the Northern Hemisphere. Brown algae are the major seaweeds of the temperate and polar regio ...

Rhodophyceae Red algae, or Rhodophyta (, ; ), make up one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae. The Rhodophyta comprises one of the largest phyla of algae, containing over 7,000 recognized species within over 900 genera amidst ongoing taxonomic revisions. ...

. * Volume 3: ''Morphologie, Fortpflanzung, die Ernährung der Algen, der Haushalt der Gewässer, die Lebensbedingungen, Vegetations-Perioden, das Zusammenleben'' (

Morphology Morphology, from the Greek and meaning "study of shape", may refer to: Disciplines *Morphology (archaeology), study of the shapes or forms of artifacts *Morphology (astronomy), study of the shape of astronomical objects such as nebulae, galaxies, ...

, reproduction, etc.). The

genera of ''Oltmannsiella'' and ''Oltmannsia'' are named in his honor, the latter genus being circumscribed by Austrian phycologist

Josef Schiller Josef Schiller (16 June 1877, in Ringelsheim (Bohemia) – 1960) was an Austrian phycologist and hydrobiologist. He studied natural sciences at the University of Vienna, earning his doctorate in 1905. Afterwards he was an assistant at the zoologic ...

(1877-1960).Biodiversity Heritage Library
Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oltmanns, Freidrich 1860 births 1945 deaths Academic staff of the University of Freiburg German phycologists People from Cuxhaven (district)