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'''Harald Mogensen Thamdrup''' (May 17, 1908 – November 13, 1998) was a [[Danish people|Danish]] [[biologist]] and science organizer. He was a professor of [[zoology]] at [[Aarhus University]] 1959-1975 – the first in that chair. He also served as a director of the Natural History Museum in Aarhus 1941-1978 and founded the Mols Laboratory in 1941 and the Game Biology Station at Kalø in 1949. |
'''Harald Mogensen Thamdrup''' (May 17, 1908 – November 13, 1998) was a [[Danish people|Danish]] [[biologist]] and science organizer. He was a professor of [[zoology]] at [[Aarhus University]] 1959-1975 – the first in that chair. He also served as a director of the Natural History Museum in Aarhus 1941-1978 and founded the Mols Laboratory in 1941 and the Game Biology Station at Kalø in 1949. |
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Thamdrup studied natural history at the [[University of Copenhagen]] and won a gold medal for his thesis on soil dwelling [[oribatid mites]].<ref name="oribatid">{{cite book |author=Thamdrup, H. M. |year=1928 |title= Danske Pansermider, Oribatei. 2 vols, 258 pp. | publisher=[[University of Copenhagen]] |url= http://books.google.dk/books?id=rWimygAACAAJ}}</ref> He obtained a [[Doctor of Philosophy|dr. phil.]] degree in 1935 on his thesis about the [[Intertidal zone|intertidal fauna]] of the [[Wadden Sea]].<ref name="skallingen">{{cite book |author=Thamdrup, H. M. |year=1935 |title= Beiträge zur Ökologie der Wattenfauna auf experimenteller Grundlage, 125 pp. | series= Meddelelser fra Skalling-Laboratoriet, vol. 2 | series= Meddelelser fra Kommissionen for Danmarks Fiskeri- og Havundersøgelser, serie: Fiskeri, vol. 2| publisher= C. A. Reitzel, Kopenhagen |url= http://books.google.dk/books?id=FVBPPgAACAAJ}}</ref> Thamdrup then turned to the study of soil fauna of [[heathland]]. <ref name="hede">{{cite book |author=Thamdrup, H. M. |year=1939 |title= Studier over jydske Heders Økologi I. Hedebundens Fugtighedsforhold | publisher= Naturhistorisk Museum, Aarhus | series= Acta Jutlandica 11 Supplementum |url= http://books.google.dk/books?id=Esx1RwAACAAJ }}</ref> |
Thamdrup studied natural history at the [[University of Copenhagen]] and won a gold medal for his thesis on soil dwelling [[oribatid mites]].<ref name="oribatid">{{cite book |author=Thamdrup, H. M. |year=1928 |title= Danske Pansermider, Oribatei. 2 vols, 258 pp. | publisher=[[University of Copenhagen]] |url= http://books.google.dk/books?id=rWimygAACAAJ}}</ref> He obtained a [[Doctor of Philosophy|dr. phil.]] degree in 1935 on his thesis about the [[Intertidal zone|intertidal fauna]] of the [[Wadden Sea]].<ref name="skallingen">{{cite book |author=Thamdrup, H. M. |year=1935 |title= Beiträge zur Ökologie der Wattenfauna auf experimenteller Grundlage, 125 pp. | series= Meddelelser fra Skalling-Laboratoriet, vol. 2 | series= Meddelelser fra Kommissionen for Danmarks Fiskeri- og Havundersøgelser, serie: Fiskeri, vol. 2| publisher= C. A. Reitzel, Kopenhagen |url= http://books.google.dk/books?id=FVBPPgAACAAJ}}</ref> Thamdrup then turned to the study of soil fauna of [[heathland]]. <ref name="hede">{{cite book |author=Thamdrup, H. M. |year=1939 |title= Studier over jydske Heders Økologi I. Hedebundens Fugtighedsforhold | | trans_title = Studies on the ecology of the heathlands of Jutland. 1. Soil moisture| publisher= Naturhistorisk Museum, Aarhus | series= Acta Jutlandica 11 Supplementum |url= http://books.google.dk/books?id=Esx1RwAACAAJ }}</ref> |
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Thamdrup was the chairman of the Danish committee under the [[International Biological Programme]] 1967-1974 and was in many other respects an organizational catalyst in [[Denmark|Danish]] [[ecology|ecological]] research during the remainder of his professional life. <ref name="obit">{{cite journal |author=Kaaber, Svend |year=1998 |title= Harald M. Thamdrup (obituary) | publisher= Aarhus University Årbog 1998 | url= http://www.au.dk/om/profil/publikationer/nekrolog/1998hmt/ }}</ref> |
Thamdrup was the chairman of the Danish committee under the [[International Biological Programme]] 1967-1974 and was in many other respects an organizational catalyst in [[Denmark|Danish]] [[ecology|ecological]] research during the remainder of his professional life. <ref name="obit">{{cite journal |author=Kaaber, Svend |year=1998 |title= Harald M. Thamdrup (obituary) | publisher= Aarhus University Årbog 1998 | url= http://www.au.dk/om/profil/publikationer/nekrolog/1998hmt/ }}</ref> |
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Harald Mogensen Thamdrup (May 17, 1908 – November 13, 1998) was a Danish biologist and science organizer. He was a professor of zoology at Aarhus University 1959-1975 – the first in that chair. He also served as a director of the Natural History Museum in Aarhus 1941-1978 and founded the Mols Laboratory in 1941 and the Game Biology Station at Kalø in 1949.
Thamdrup studied natural history at the University of Copenhagen and won a gold medal for his thesis on soil dwelling oribatid mites.[1] He obtained a dr. phil. degree in 1935 on his thesis about the intertidal fauna of the Wadden Sea.[2] Thamdrup then turned to the study of soil fauna of heathland. [3]
Thamdrup was the chairman of the Danish committee under the International Biological Programme 1967-1974 and was in many other respects an organizational catalyst in Danish ecological research during the remainder of his professional life. [4]
References
- ^ Thamdrup, H. M. (1928). Danske Pansermider, Oribatei. 2 vols, 258 pp. University of Copenhagen.
- ^ Thamdrup, H. M. (1935). Beiträge zur Ökologie der Wattenfauna auf experimenteller Grundlage, 125 pp. Meddelelser fra Kommissionen for Danmarks Fiskeri- og Havundersøgelser, serie: Fiskeri, vol. 2. C. A. Reitzel, Kopenhagen.
- ^ Thamdrup, H. M. (1939). Studier over jydske Heders Økologi I. Hedebundens Fugtighedsforhold. Acta Jutlandica 11 Supplementum. Naturhistorisk Museum, Aarhus.
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