Karl Jordan (zoologist, born 1888)
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Karl Hermann Christian Jordan (23 March 1888 – 6 March 1972) was a German entomologist and gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
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 team, free system competition and fifth in the team, European system event.[2] Jordan was also a professor of zoology, with six species of heteroptera named after him.[1]
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/Haardt, was cut short by the First World War, after which he taught in the faculty of biology and chemistry at the Script error: No such module "Lang". 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 Template:Interlanguage link for 22 years, and was editor of its publication, Isis Budissina. After the Second World War, he led the entomological section of the Script error: No such module "Lang".. He is particularly known for his work on the Heteroptera but published widely on the insects of Saxony and Upper Lusatia (Script error: No such module "Lang".). His own collection was later taken into the Natural History Museum, Berlin.[3][4]
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