Otto Renner ForMemRS[1] (25 April 1883 in Neu-Ulm – 8 July 1960) was a German plant geneticist. Following the work of Erwin Baur, Renner established the theory of maternal plastid inheritance as a widely accepted genetic theory.
Otto Renner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 April 1883 |
| Died | 18 July 1960 (aged 77) |
| Education | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Leipzig University |
| Known for | Establishing the theory of maternal plastid inheritance |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Plant genetics |
| Institutions | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, University of Jena |
Academic advisors | Karl von Goebel, Ludwig Radlkofe, Wilhelm Pfeffer |
| Renner | |
He studied botany under Karl von Goebel and Ludwig Radlkofer at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and with Wilhelm Pfeffer at the University of Leipzig. From 1913 to 1920, he served as an associate professor of plant physiology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and afterwards succeeded Christian Ernst Stahl as chair of botany at the University of Jena, where he was also director of the botanical gardens.[2] In 1946, he returned as a professor to the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.[3]
Renner worked with plants from the genus Oenothera (evening primroses). His research of hybrid forms of Oenothera contributed significantly to the understanding of mutations.[3]
From 1932 to 1943 he was editor of the botanical journal Flora.[3] He was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society[1] and an International member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,[4] the United States National Academy of Sciences,[5] and the American Philosophical Society.[6] The plant genus Rennera (family Asteraceae) was named in his honor by Hermann Merxmüller.[7]
Selected works
edit- Beiträge zur Anatomie und Systematik der Artocarpeen und Conocephaleen insbesondere der Gattung Ficus, 1906 (doctoral thesis).
- Untersuchungen über die faktorielle Konstitution einiger komplexheterozygotischer Önotheren, 1925.
- Artbastarde bei Pflanzen, 1929.
- Führer durch die Gewächshäuser des Botanischen Gartens München-Nymphenburg, 1951.
- William Bateson und Carl Correns, 1961 – William Bateson and Carl Correns.[8]
References
edit- 1 2 Darlington, C. D. (1961). "Otto Renner. 1883-1960". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 7: 206–226. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1961.0016. S2CID 62156916.
- ↑ Renner, Otto Johann Nepomuk Deutsche Biographie
- 1 2 3 Plett – Schmidseder edited by Walther Killy
- ↑ "Otto Renner". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ↑ "Otto Renner". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ↑ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ↑ CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms ... by Umberto Quattrocchi
- ↑ Most widely held works about Otto Renner WorldCat Identities
- ↑ International Plant Names Index. Renner.
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