Paul Hesse (3 February 1857 – 26 February 1938) was a German

zoologist Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the structure, embryology, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems. Zoology is one ...

, who specialised in the study of

Mollusca Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

. In 1926, the

Academy of Natural Sciences of Pennsylvania The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, formerly the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, is the oldest natural science research institution and museum in the Americas. It was founded in 1812, by many of the leading natur ...

purchased a collection of about 50,000 specimens from Hesse, mainly focusing on non-marine molluscs from Europe.

Works

Hesse's works included: *Hesse, P., 1898: Die Perlfischerei im Roten Meere. ''Zoologische Garten'', 39: 382-385 *Hesse, P., 1911: Nekrolog.

Carl Agardh Westerlund Carl Agardh Westerlund (12 January 1831 – 28 February 1908 in Ronneby) was a Swedish malacologist. Biography Westerlund was born at Berga in Kalmar County, Sweden. He became a student in Uppsala University in 1853 and studied at Lund U ...

, (1831-1908) ''Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft'', 43: 167-171. *Hesse, P., 1917: Mollusken von Varna und Umgebung, ''Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft'' *Hesse, P., 1918: Die systematische Stellung von Pyramidula rupestris Drap., nebst Bemerkungen über einige verwandte Genera.''Nachrichtsblattder Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft'', 5(1): 110-120. *Hesse, P., 1925: On the anatomy of some Clausiliidae. ''Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London'' 16 (4): 154-162. *Hesse, P., 1926: Die Nacktschnecken der palearktischen Region. ''Abhandlungen des Archiv für Molluskenkunde'' 2(1): 1-152.

References

Other sources

Deutsche Biographie
* 1939 Paul Hesse’s Schriften. ''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'', 71 (1): 52-55. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hesse, Paul 20th-century German zoologists 1857 births 1938 deaths 19th-century German zoologists