Théophile Rudolphe Studer

Théophile Rudolphe Studer

Théophile Rudolphe Studer (27 November 1845 – 12 February 1922) was a Swiss ornithologist and marine biologist.

From 1871 to 1922 he was a curator of zoological collections at the museum of natural history in Berne. In 1874-76 he took part in a scientific journey aboard the German frigate- "S.M.S. Gazelle". Two years after his return he was a professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at the school of veterinary medicine in Berne.^[1][2]

Written works

With Victor Fatio (1838-1906), he published the first three installments of Catalogue des oiseaux de la Suisse (Catalogue of birds of Switzerland). Other writings by Studer include:

• Übersicht ūber die Ophiuriden welche während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde 1874-1876 gesammelt Wurden, 1882 - Overview of Ophiuroidea, collected by the S.M.S. Gazelle voyage of 1874-1876.
• Verzeichniss der Crustaceen welche während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle an der Westküste von Afrika, Ascension und dem Cap der guten Hoffnung gesammelt wurden, 1882 - Directory of crustaceans, collected by the S.M.S. Gazelle voyage to the west coast of Africa, Ascension Island and the Cape of Good Hope.
• Isopoden, gesammelt während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde 1874-76, 1884 - Isopoda collected by the S.M.S. Gazelle voyage of 1874-76.
• Verzeichniss der während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde, 1874-1876, gesammelten Asteriden und Euryalideen, 1884 - Directory of the S.M.S. Gazelle voyage, collections of Asteridea and Euryalida.
• "Supplementary report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76", published in English in 1889.
• Fauna helvetica. Oiseaux, 1895 - Swiss fauna, birds.
• Fauna helvetica. Mollusques, 1896 - Swiss fauna, mollusks.^[3]

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