Adolf Portmann

Japanese: ポルトマン - ぽるとまん(英語表記)Adolf Portmann
Adolf Portmann

Swiss zoologist and anthropologist. Born in Basel, after graduating from the University of Basel, he studied the comparative morphology and comparative development of birds, mammals, and marine animals at universities in Munich, Paris, and Berlin, as well as at marine research stations in various locations. In 1931 he became a professor at the University of Basel, and in 1947 became its rector. He also developed theories on human beings, education, and art based on biology, and is well-known as a researcher of Goethe. His major works include Comparative Morphology of Vertebrates (1976) and On Living Things (1973).

[Sadao Yasugi]

"About Living Things" translated by Ryuichi Yasugi (1976, Kinokuniya Shoten) " "Comparative Morphology of Vertebrates" translated by Saburo Shimazaki (1979, Iwanami Shoten)

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Japanese:

スイスの動物学者、人類学者。バーゼルに生まれ、バーゼル大学卒業後、ミュンヘン、パリ、ベルリンの各大学や各地の臨海実験所で鳥類、哺乳(ほにゅう)類、海産動物の比較形態学、比較発生学を研究。1931年バーゼル大学教授、1947年同学長となる。生物学を基礎とした人間論、教育論、芸術論をも展開し、またゲーテの研究家としても著名である。主著に『脊椎(せきつい)動物比較形態学』(1976)、『生命あるものについて』(1973)などがある。

[八杉貞雄]

『八杉龍一訳『生命あるものについて』(1976・紀伊國屋書店)』『島崎三郎訳『脊椎動物比較形態学』(1979・岩波書店)』

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