Johannes Paulus Lotsy
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| Johannes Paulus Lotsy | |
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| Born | April 11, 1867 Dordrecht |
| Died | November 17, 1931 (aged 64) Voorburg |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Known for | Works on evolution and heredity. |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Lotsy |
| Spouse | Catharina Christina Goossen |
Johannes Paulus Lotsy (April 11, 1867 – November 17, 1931) was a Dutch botanist, specializing in evolution and heredity. Lotsy was born in Dordrecht and died in Voorburg.
Career
After getting his PhD from Gottingen University he had a teaching positions at Johns Hopkins University (1891-1895) where he was director of the herbarium. From 1896 to 1900 he worked in Java. Then he taught at Leiden University (1904-1909), as a lecturer in Systematic Botany. He became director of the State Herbarium (Rijksherbarium) 1906-1909, then Secretary of the Hollandsche Maatschappij van Wetenschappen.
He founded the Association internationale des Botanistes and was editor of the Botanisches Centralblatt. He proposed a system of plant classification, based on phylogenetics.
Expeditions
India (1895-1900), the United States (1922), Australia and New Zealand (1925), South Africa (1926-27), and Egypt (1930). He also studied the flora of Italy and Switzerland.
Publications
- 1928. Voyages of exploration to judge of the bearing of hybridization upon evolution (Genetica : nederlandsch tijdschrift voor erfelijheids- en afstammingsleer). Ed. M. Nijhoff
- 1922a. Van den Atlantischen Oceaan naar de Stille Zuidzee
- 1922b. A popular account of evolution. The Cawthron institute, Nelson, Nueva Zelanda. Cawthron lecture. Ed. R.W. Stiles & Co. 22 pp.
- 1915. Het Tegenwoordige Standpunt der Evolutie-leer
- 1911. Série IIIA. Sciences exactes. 1-4. Rédigées par J. P. Lotsy
- 1906a. Résultats scientifiques du Congrès international de botanique, Vienne, 1905. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse des Internationalen botanischen Kongresses, Wien, 1905 ... Redigiert von J. P. Lotsy ... Mit ... 1 Karte, etc
- 1906b. Vorlesungen über Deszendenztheorien, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der botanischen Seite der Frage, gehalten an der Reichsuniversität zu Leiden, etc.
- 1899. Rhopalocnemis Phalloides Jungh: A morphological-systematical study. Ed. E.J. Brill
- 1898. Contributions to the life-history of the genus Gnetum. Ed. E.J. Brill
- 1894. A contribution to the investigation of the assimilation of free atmospheric nitrogen by white and black mustard. Bulletin / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Experiment Stations. G.P.O. 19 pp.
Books
- 2008. Evolution By Means Of Hybridization. Reeditado Maudsley Press. 176 pp. ISBN 978-1-4097-0261-0
- 1928. A Popular Account of Evolution
- 1925. Evolution considered in the light of hybridization. Ed. Canterbury College by Andrews, Baty & Co. 66 pp.
- 1916. Evolution by Means of Hybridization. The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 166 pp.
- 1907-1911. Vorträge über botanische Stammesgeschichte gehalten an der Reichsuniversität zu Leiden. Ein Lehrbuch der Pflanzensystematik. In drei Bände. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer. With illustrations.
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See also
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References
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External links
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- Nature obituary
- National Herbarium Nederland: Lotsy, Johannes Paulus
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