Peter Harting ( Dutch. Pieter Harting , 1812-1885) - Dutch naturalist.
| Peter Harting | |
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| niderl. Pieter harting | |
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| Date of Birth | February 27, 1812 |
| Place of Birth | Rotterdam |
| Date of death | December 3, 1885 (73 years old) |
| Place of death | Amersfoort |
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| Scientific field | botany , zoology |
| Place of work | University of Utrecht |
| Famous students | Ambrosius Hübrecht |
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The author of the names of a number of botanical taxa . In the botanical ( binary ) nomenclature, these names are supplemented by the abbreviation " Harting " . List of such taxa on the IPNI website Personal page on IPNI website |
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Biography
In 1835, he was a doctor of medicine, in 1843 he was appointed professor of microscopic anatomy and botany in Utrecht , in 1857 he occupied the department of zoology and comparative anatomy, in 1881 he retired. His scientific works relate mainly to the structure and technique of the microscope and general issues concerning both the animal and plant kingdoms.
Publications
- “Observationes charcae sancti viti et febris puerperalis” (1835);
- “Het Mikroskop” (2 vol., Utrecht, 1848-54);
- “Recherches micromètriques sur le développement des tissus et des organes du corps humain” (Utrecht, 1845);
- “Mikroskopische voorwerpen uit beide Rijken” (Thiel, 1854);
- “Skizzen aus der Natur” (translated from Dutch, Leipzig, 1854);
- “De voorwereildlijke Schsppingen” (Utrecht, 1857);
- “L'appareil épisternal des oiseaux” (Utrecht, 1864);
- “Recherches de morphologie synthétique sur la production artificielle de quelques formations organiques” (Utrecht, 1872);
- "Mémoire sur le genre Potérion."
Together with Logemann and Lubach, Harting published Album der Natuur ( Haarlem , 1853–58).
Eponyms
A species of squid is named after him Architeuthis hartingii .
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Literature
- Adelung N. N. Harting, Peter // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Buys Ballot. Levensbericht van Pieter Harting (nid.) // Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde. - 1887.