Polish Zoologists - Jan Dzier?on, Jan ?Abi?ski, Maksymilian Nowicki, Antoni Jakubski, W?adys?aw Taczanowski, Kazimierz Wodzicki (Paperback)

Chapters: Jan Dzier?on, Jan ?abi?ski, Maksymilian Nowicki, Antoni Jakubski, W?adys?aw Taczanowski, Kazimierz Wodzicki, Andrzej El?anowski, Stanis?aw Smreczy?ski, Feliks Pawe? Jarocki, August Dehnel, Konstanty Jelski, Ludwik Sitowski. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Johann Dzierzon (in Polish Jan Dzieron or Dziero ) (16 January 1811 26 October 1906) was a pioneering apiarist who discovered the phenomenon of parthenogenesis among bees, and designed the first successful movable-frame beehive. Dzierzon came from a Polish family native to Silesia, which at that time was part of the Kingdom of Prussia (later part of Germany). Trained in theology, he combined his practical and theoretical work in apiculture with his duties as a Roman Catholic priest, before being compulsorily retired from Church service. His discoveries and innovations made him world-famous in scientific and bee-keeping circles, and he has been described as the "father of modern apiculture." Dzierzon came from Upper Silesia, which was then part of the Kingdom of Prussia (from 1871 in the German Empire; since 1945 in Poland). He was born in the village of Lowkowitz (Polish owkowice) near Kreuzburg (Kluczbork), where his parents owned a farm. As his family had an ethnic Polish background, his nationality has been variously described as Polish, German, or Silesian. Born on 16 January 1811, he completed Polish elementary school before he was sent to a Protestant school located a mile away from his village. The germanic form of his name was used in Silesia by order of the Prussian occupiers. His first name is sometimes rendered "John" or "Johannes" in English. In 1822 Dzierzon moved to Breslau (Wrocaw), where he attended middle school (gymnasium). In 1833 he graduated from the Breslau Uni...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=225367