Curt Kosswig [SEP] place of death
Curt Kosswig
Dr. Curt Kosswig (sometimes spelled "Koßwig") (30 October 1903, Berlin – 29 March 1982, Hamburg) was a German zoologist and geneticist who spent most of his career at the University of Istanbul (1937–1955) and Hamburg University (1955–1969). Curt Kosswig is known as the Father of Turkish Zoology.
Early life.
Curt Kosswig was born in Berlin and graduated from Berlin's Schöneberg Hohenzollern School ("Hohenzollernschule"), graduating in 1922. Afterwards, he attended the University of
in 1933. Zoological objects donated from Germany were placed in a small hall situated in the Zoology Department of the university.
After the sudden death of Naville in 1937, German hydrologist and zoologist Curt Kosswig took over the department. During his 15-year-long scientific research on the fauna of Anatolia, he collected examples of mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs, fish and various invertebrates, which he brought in the museum contributing to its enrichment.
In 1957, the top floors of the building were demolished, in which