Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff

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Name and Identifiers
Title: 
Dr
Other/given name(s) : 
Karl Wilhelm
Family name: 
Verhoeff
Alternative Name: 
Carl Wilhelm Verhoeff, C. Verhoeff, Carl W. Verhoeff, K. Verhoeff, K. W. Verhoeff, Karl W. Verhoeff, Wilhelm Verhoeff
Standard Form: 
Verh.
Professional information
Area of Taxonomic Interest: 
Myriapoda, Isopoda, Coleoptera, Dermaptera, Spermatophytes
Homepage: 
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Personal information
Country: 
Germany
Gender: 
Male
Birth Date: 
1867-11-25
Birth Place: 
Westphalia: Soest
Date of Death: 
1945-12-06
Place of Death: 
Bavaria: Munich: Pasing
Manner of Death: 
Suicide
Biography: 

Verhoeff produced a total of 671 publications.

In 1942, he received the Forel Medal and the Forel Prize of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina for his work in the field of Entomology (Sachtleben, 1942)[1].

According to Crabill (1960: 14)[2], Verhoeff was the first person to study the Scolopendromorpha mandible with any precision and from the standpoint of comparative morphology (see Verhoeff, 1918: 467-532), extending the study beyond the examination of the masticatory surface and thereby preparing the way for future investigations.

References

  1. H. Sachtleben, “„Aus der entomologischen Welt." [Dr. Wilhelm Verhoeff]”, Arbeiten über physiologische und angewandte Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem, vol. 9, no. 2, p. 128, 1942.
  2. R. Edwin Crabill, “A new American genus of Cryptopid centipedes, with an annotated key to the Scolopendromorph genera from America north of Mexico”, Proceedings of the United States National Museum, vol. 111, no. 3422, pp. 1-15, 1960.
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