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{{about|K.H.C. Jordan, entomologist, who spent his career in Tharandt and Dresden|H.E. Karl Jordan, the German-British entomologist associated with Tring|Karl Jordan (zoologist, born 1861)}}<br />
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| name = Karl Jordan<br />
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| full_name = Karl Hermann Christian Jordan<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|03|23|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Papstdorf]], German Empire<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|03|06|1888|03|23|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Bautzen]], East Germany<br />
| discipline = MAG<br />
| country = Germany<br />
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| gym = Allgemeiner Akademischer Turnerbund Leipzig<br />
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'''Karl Hermann Christian Jordan''' (23 March 1888 – 6 March 1972) was a [[German Empire|German]] entomologist and [[Gymnastics|gymnast]] who competed in the [[1912 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="oly">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/30266 |title=Karl Jordan |work=Olympedia |access-date=14 April 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Jordan was born on 23 March 1888 in [[Papstdorf]] (then known as Pfaffdorf), [[Saxony]]. In 1912, he was a member of the German team which finished fourth in the [[Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's team, free system|team, free system competition]] and fifth in the [[Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's team|team, European system event]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/karl-jordan-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417221918/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/karl-jordan-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Karl Jordan Olympic Results |accessdate=15 July 2019}}</ref> Jordan was also a professor of zoology, with six species of [[heteroptera]] named after him.<ref name="oly"/><br />
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Jordan was born to a farming family in Papstdorf, a farming village in [[Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge]], Germany. He studied science in [[Jena]] and [[Leipzig]]. His initial career as a scientist at the experimental station for fruit and wine research, [[Neustadt an der Weinstraße|Neustadt/Haardt]], was cut short by the First World War, after which he taught in the faculty of biology and chemistry at the {{Lang|de|Oberrealschule}} in [[Bautzen]]. In 1948/1949, he took up a position in [[Dresden]], first as a professor of zoology and then as director of the zoological institute at the [[Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry]] in [[Tharandt]]. He led the {{interlanguage link|Naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft ISIS Dresden|de}}<br />
for 22 years, and was editor of its publication, ''Isis Budissina''. After the Second World War, he led the entomological section of the {{Lang|de|Deutsche Kuturbund}}. He is particularly known for his work on the [[Heteroptera]] but published widely on the insects of Saxony and [[Upper Lusatia]] ({{Lang|de|Oberlausitz}}). His own collection was later taken into the [[Natural History Museum, Berlin]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Schiemenz |first1=H |title=In memoriam Prof. Dr. K. H. C. JORDAN (1888–1972) |journal=Entomologische Nachrichten |date=1972 |pages=103–107 |url=https://www.zobodat.at/biografien/Jordan_Karl_H_C_EntBer_16_0103-0104.pdf |access-date=19 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Klausnitzer |first1=Bernhard |title=Karl Hermann Christian Jordan (1888–1972) – Leben und Werk |journal=Andrias |date=2014 |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=119–124 |url=https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Andrias_20_0119-0124.pdf |access-date=19 June 2022}}</ref><br />
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