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Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Döderlein (3 March 1855, Bad Bergzabern – 23 April 1936, Munich) was a German zoologist. He specialized in echinoderms, particularly sea stars, sea urchins, and crinoids. He was one of the first European zoologists to have the opportunity to do research work in Japan from 1879 to 1881. Today, he is considered one of the most important pioneers of marine biological research in Japan. He was the director and curator of the Musée zoologique de la ville de Strasbourg from 1882 to 1919. He headed the Zoologische Staatssammlung München from 1923 to 1927 and was Professor of Zoology in the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. ==Biography== Ludwig Döderlein was born in Bad Bergzabern on March 3, 1855. He went to school in Bayreuth from 1864 to 1873. Both places were then part of the Kingdom of Bavaria.〔 From 1873 to 1875 he studied natural sciences in the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, where he also worked as an assistant to the German zoologist Emil Selenka in the summer of 1875. From 1875 to 1876 he took two semesters at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. After graduating, Döderlein moved to Alsace (which had been annexed by Prussia at the end of the Franco-Prussian War). There he completed his Doctorate of Philosophy in Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Strasbourg on June 26, 1877. From 1876 to 1878 he worked for four semesters in the zoology department of the University of Strasbourg as an assistant to the German zoologist and phycologist Eduard Oscar Schmidt.〔 The prospects for an academic career were poor, so for a time, he worked as a schoolteacher in the Alsatian town of Mulhouse. There he met and befriended the Japanese student Kenji Oosawa (1852–1927), who was studying medicine and physiology at the University of Strasbourg. Oosawa arranged for Döderlein to be invited to Japan to work as a Professor of Natural History in the Faculty of Medicine of the newly established University of Tokyo. Döderlein accepted gratefully.〔 Döderlein was one of the first European academics invited to Japan during the Meiji Restoration era, when Japan was undergoing rapid modernization after the end of the isolation period (Sakoku).〔 He stayed from 1879 to 1881 as an ''oyatoi gaikokujin'' ("foreign employee") professor. During this time, he collected and preserved marine life extensively, particularly fish, sponges, crustaceans, crinoids, sea urchins, cnidarians, and bryozoans. In addition, he also occasionally collected specimens of amphibians (including a giant salamander), mammals, birds, and plants.〔〔 At first, he obtained most of his specimens from the fish markets and gift shops of Tokyo and the island of Enoshima.〔 Later, he himself fished for specimens directly from Sagami Bay.〔 His teaching post at the university was not renewed, however, ironically due to him neglecting his actual teaching duties. Despite the difficulties associated with it, Döderlein brought his extensive collection of more than 3,550 specimens of at least 372 species back with him to Europe.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Ludwig H.P. Döderlein )〕 After his return, Döderlein became the director and curator of Musée zoologique de la ville de Strasbourg between 1882 and 1919. There he devoted much of his life cataloging its rich collection of marine fauna from the Far East. During his tenure, he hired specialists like Johannes Thiele, Franz Eilhard Schulze, and Arnold Edward Ortmann to study his Japanese collection. He also taught zoology at the University of Strasbourg during this period.〔 At the turn of the century, he developed severe symptoms of tuberculosis. As a result, he was denied a promotion to Professor of Zoology because he could no longer teach effectively. From January to May 1901, in an effort to cure his ailment, he travelled to Biskra in Algeria where he spent most of his time studying the local fauna.〔 After the end of the First World War in 1919, Alsace was ceded back to France by Germany under the Treaty of Versailles. Döderlein was removed from directorship of the Museum of Strasbourg and was deported back to Germany by the French government. His family were not allowed to take anything with them per the treaty, forcing him to leave all his private property as well as his Japanese zoological collection behind. To make matters worse, Germany (then under the Weimar Republic) was struggling from the post-war economic depression.〔〔 He spent the rest of his life heading the Zoologische Staatssammlung München (Bavarian State Collection of Zoology) and teaching zoology in the University of Munich. He made numerous attempts to recover his Japanese collection but despite strong international support (including from the Smithsonian) he had little success. He also attempted to visit Strasbourg personally but was again thwarted by the growing hostility between Germany and France prior to the Second World War. He died in Munich in April 23, 1936 at the age of 81.〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Döderlein」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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