Paul Theodor Range

Paul Theodor Range (1 May 1879 in Lübeck 29 August 1952 in Lübeck) was a German geologist and naturalist.

He studied natural sciences at the universities of Würzburg and Leipzig, receiving his doctorate in 1903. From 1906 to 1914 he worked as a government geologist in German South-West Africa, and afterwards, performed scientific studies in the Sinai Peninsula.[1] From 1921 he gave lectures in geology at the University of Berlin, becoming an associate professor in 1934.[2][3] In 1936 he was named president of the Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft.[1]

The Namib sand gecko (Palmatogecko rangei, synonym: Pachydactylus rangei) commemorates his name, being circumscribed by herpetologist Lars Gabriel Andersson in 1908.[4]

Published works

References

  1. 1 2 Paul Theodor Range Zürcher Herbarien
  2. BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  3. Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie: (DBE) edited by Rudolf Vierhaus
  4. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson
  5. OCLC WorldCat Search (published works)
  6. Paul Theodor Range The Online Books Page
  7. IPNI.  Range.
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