Emile Dottrens

Emile Dottrens (b. 21 July 1900, d. 29 September 1990) was a Swiss zoologist and nature conservationist. He became a scientific assistant for zoology at the Natural History Museum of Geneva in 1942 and was the director of that museum from 1953 to 1969. He wrote several articles about the Swiss freshwater fish species from the genus Coregonus. He has worked for the IUCN, for the Swiss nature conservation organisation Pro Natura and at the Council of Europe. He was the president of the CIPRA (International Commission for the Protection of the Alps) from 1960 to 1968. In addition he was a member of the Swiss Academy of Sciences and the Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.

Publications

*Emile Dottrens (editor): "Le grand livre de la pêche et des poissons". 2 volumes, 1952 fr
*Emile Dottrens: "Batraciens et Reptiles d'Europe", 1963 fr
*Emile Dottrens: "Sur le Lavaret du lac du Bourget" Arch, Si. 3,. fasc. 3, 1950 (scientific article) fr
*Emile Dottrens: "Acclimatation et hybridation de corégones". Revue suisse Zool. 62, 1955, (scientific article) fr
*Emile Dottrens: "Systématiques des corégones de l’Europe occidentale, basée sur une étude biométrique". Revue Suisse de Zoologie 66, 1966, (scientific article) fr
*Emile Dottrens & A. Quartier: Les Corégones du Lac de Neuchâtel. Etude biométrique. Rev. Suisse Zool., 1949, (scientific article) fr

External links

* [http://www.cipra.org/pdfs/203_de/at_download/file Short Biography in German]