Wilhelm Troll
{{Short description|German botanist (1897–1978)}}
Julius Georg Hubertus Wilhelm Troll (3 November 1897, Munich – 28 December 1978, Mainz) was a German botanist, known for his studies in the field of plant morphology. He advocated a morphological biology that was rooted in the nature philosophy of Goethe.[https://books.google.com/books?id=gPrtE4K0WC8C&dq=%22wilhelm+troll%22+morphology&pg=PA149 Biologists Under Hitler] by Ute Deichmann He was an older brother to geographer Carl Troll (1899–1975).
Biography
From 1919 to 1921, he studied biological sciences at the University of Munich, where he was a pupil of botanist Karl Ritter von Goebel.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212546#page/516/mode/1up BHL] Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications In 1929/30 he participated in the Sunda Expedition der Notgemeinschaft der Deutschen Wissenschaft, during which, he conducted studies on the respiratory roots of mangrove plants.[http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/FMCollectors/T/TrollW.htm Nationaal Herbarium.Nederland] Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors In 1932 he was appointed professor of botany and director of the botanical garden at the University of Halle, and in 1946, he became a professor of botany and general biology at the University of Mainz.[https://books.google.com/books?id=1NVRfl4gCw0C&dq=%22troll%2C+wilhelm%22+1897&pg=PA99 Thibaut - Zycha, Volume 10] by K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH & Company, Walter De Gruyter Incorporated
Some plants with the specific epithet of trollii honor his name.[https://books.google.com/books?id=u2n5vusQ1DEC&dq=%22wilhelm+troll%22+trollii&pg=PA244 Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names] by Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton
Selected works
- Goethes morphologische schriften, ausgewählt und eingeleitet von Wilhelm Troll. 1932 – Goethe's morphological writings.[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=%22Troll,%20Wilhelm,%201897-%22&type=author&inst= Catalog HathiTrust] published works
- Vergleichende morphologie der höheren pflanzen, 1935 – Comparative morphology of higher plants.
- Gestalt und Urbild : gesammelte Aufsätze zu Grundfragen der organischen Morphologie, 1941 – Shape and archetype: collected essays on basic questions of organic morphology.
- Allgemeine Botanik; ein Lehrbuch auf vergleichend-biologischer Grundlage, 1948 – General botany; a textbook on comparative and biological basics.
- Praktische Einführung in die Pflanzenmorphologie; ein Hilfsbuch für den botanischen Unterricht und für das Selbststudium, 1954 – Practical introduction to plant morphology; an auxiliary book for botanical teaching and self-study.
- Die Infloreszenzen : Typologie und Stellung im Aufbau des Vegetationskörpers, 1964 – Inflorescences: Typology and position involving the structure of the plant body.[http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/ClassifyDemo?search-author-txt=%22Troll%2C+Wilhelm%2C+1897-%22 OCLC Classify] published works
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Category:Scientists from Munich
Category:Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni
Category:Academic staff of the University of Halle
Category:Academic staff of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Category:20th-century German botanists
Category:Members of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
Category:Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany