Franz Hermann Troschel

Franz Hermann Troschel (October 10, 1810 - November 6, 1882) was a German zoologist who was born in Spandau. He studied mathematics and natural history at the University of Berlin, and beginning in 1840 was an assistant to Martin Lichtenstein (1780-1857) at the Humboldt Museum of Natural History in Berlin. In 1849 he became a professor of zoology and natural history at the University of Bonn.

Troschel is remembered for the identification and classification of species in the fields of malacology, ichthyology and herpetology. A few of the species that contain his name are Troschel's sea star ("Evasterias troschelii"), Troschel's parrotfish ("Chlorurus troschelii") and Troschel's murex ("Murex troschelii").

Selected writings

* "System der Asteriden". Braunschweig 1842 (With Johannes Peter Müller (1801-1858).
* "Über die Bedeutsamkeit of the naturgeschichtlichen Unterrichts". Berlin 1845.
* "Horae ichthyologicae". Berlin 1845-49, 3 volumes (With Johannes Peter Müller).
* "Handbuch Der Zoology". Berlin 1848/1853/1859/1864/1871, (original authors- Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (1802-1841) and Johann Friedrich Ruthe (1788-1859).
* "Das Gebiß der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Klassifikation". Berlin 1856-1879, two volumes. (work continued by Johannes Thiele (1860-1935).

References

* "This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia".