Dr Walter Hüther (1931-2019)

Obituary

Authors

  • Peter Decker Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
  • Bärbel Benz
  • Karsten Hannig
  • Birgit Hüther
  • Michael Hüther

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https://doi.org/10.25674/so92iss1pp1

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Obituary

Abstract

Dr Walter Hüther, soil zoologist, entomologist and university lecturer, died on 11 May 2019, aged 87 years, in Bochum. Walter Hüther (Figs. 1 and 2) was born on 22 August 1931 in Homburg (Saarland), Germany, as the fourth of five children. He became interested in zoology already as a pupil, first at the elementary school and later at the grammar school for natural sciences in Zweibrücken, and this topic was to accompany him throughout his life.

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References

Dunger, H., Fiedler, H. J. (1997): Methoden der Bodenbiologie. – 2. Auflage, Gustav Fischer Verlag Jena: 539 pp.

Weidner, H. (1977): Die Entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Instituts und Zoologischen Museums der Universität Hamburg, XIV. (letzter) Teil, Insecta XI. – Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 74: 77–138.

Front cover The ant Lasius niger (Linnaeus) tending an aphid colony. (Photo: Michał Kukla)

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Published

2020-05-26

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Vol. 92 No. 1 (2020)

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ARTICLES

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Dr Walter Hüther (1931-2019): Obituary . (2020). Soil Organisms, 92(1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.25674/so92iss1pp1