Gloger, Constantin Wilhelm Lambert (1803-1863)
ornithology

Gloger is little remembered today beyond his discovery of "Gloger's Rule," one of the traditional basic ecogeographic principles.

Life Chronology

born near Grodków, Poland, on 17 September 1803.
1824-1825: studies natural science subjects in Berlin
1825: begins research on the birds of the Ore Mountains, Central Europe
1830: Ph.D., Breslau (Wroclaw), Poland; becomes a teacher there
1830: becomes member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina,
          Halle
1833: publishes Schlesiens Wirbelthier-fauna
1833: publishes Das Abändern der Vögel durch Einfluss des Klima's (describing
            "Gloger's Rule")
1834: publishes the first volume of Vollständiges Handbuch der Naturgeschichte der
             Vögel Europa's
1834: moves to Berlin
after 1834: works at the Berlin Zoological Museum
1853: joins editorial board of, and begins publishing in, the Journal für Ornithologie
dies at Berlin, Germany, on 30 December 1863.

For Additional Information, See:

Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Vol. 9 (1879/1968).
Dictionary of German Biography, Vol. 4 (2003).

Some comments on Gloger's Rule:

The Condor, Vol. 106(3) (2004): 681-686.
Evolution, Vol. 23(4) (1969): 622-626.
Evolution, Vol. 12(3) (1958): 347-357.
Current Ornithology, Vol. 6 (1986): 1-69.
 

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