Rudolf Stahlecker

Rudolf Stahlecker (25 November 1898 in Sternenfels near Pforzheim 26 October 1977 in Urach) was a German geologist and biology teacher.

Rudolf Stahlecker
Born25 November 1898
Sternenfels, Germany
Died26 October 1977
Urach, Germany
NationalityGermany
Scientific career
Fieldspaleontologist and geologist
InstitutionsUniversity of Tübingen
Doctoral advisorFriedrich von Huene

Biography

He studied with the German paleontologist Friedrich von Huene at the University of Tübingen, Germany. He participated in expeditions to collect fossils in the geopark of Paleorrota in 1928 and 1929. He also made several collections of fossils in Argentina.

In his honor, the dicynodonts Stahleckeria potens, received its name. This dicynodonts was collected in Paleontological Site Chiniquá, São Pedro do Sul.

After finishing his doctorate, Stahlecker did not become a scientist, but a biology teacher at a school Stuttgart. "The Führer wants to teach people to think again biologically, we scientists have to be here its first collaborators," was his motto. After The War he had to pause for some years during denazification, although he had not as intensively be involved in National Socialism as his brother, the SS Brigade Leader and Commander of the "Einsatzgruppe A" Walter Stahlecker.[1]

References

Further reading

  • Book Os Fascinantes Caminhos da Paleontologia. Author : Antônio Isaia. Publisher Pallotti. (Portuguese)
  • Book: "Cronologia Histórica de Santa Maria e do extinto município de São Martinho." 1787-1933. Vol I. Author: Romeu Beltrão, Publisher Pallotti, 1958. (Portuguese)


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