Paul Theodor Range

Paul Theodor Range (1 May 1879 in Lübeck – 29 August 1952 in Lübeck) was a German geologist and naturalist.

He studied natural sciences at the universities of Würzburg and Leipzig, receiving his doctorate in 1903. From 1906 to 1914 he worked as a government geologist in German South-West Africa, and afterwards, performed scientific studies in the Sinai Peninsula.[1] From 1921 he gave lectures in geology at the University of Berlin, becoming an associate professor in 1934.[2][3] In 1936 he was named president of the Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft.[1]

The Namib sand gecko (Palmatogecko rangei, synonym: Pachydactylus rangei) commemorates his name, being circumscribed by herpetologist Lars Gabriel Andersson in 1908.[4]

Published works

References

  1. 1 2 Paul Theodor Range Zürcher Herbarien
  2. ↑ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  3. ↑ Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie: (DBE) edited by Rudolf Vierhaus
  4. ↑ The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson
  5. ↑ OCLC WorldCat Search (published works)
  6. ↑ Paul Theodor Range The Online Books Page
  7. ↑ IPNI.  Range.
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