Wolfdietrich Eichler
1912 - 1994
E. Mey, 1993
 
Biography: Born, 22 December, 1912 in Ravensburg, Germany, Died 7 February, 1994 in Berlin.

Wolfdietrich Eichler was suspended from his academic position in 1954 for resisting the teaching of Lysenkoism 1, 2, 3

His brother, Hansjörg Eichler (1916-1992), was a noted botanist in both Germany and Australia.

 
References: 1 Hossfeld and Olsson, 200.2 Science 297:55-56 PDF
2 Höxtermann, 2000. Acta Hist. Leopoldina 36:273
3 Siemens, 1997. Biol. unserer Zeit. 27:255
 
Publications: 218 HTML
 
Festschrift or
Obituary: 		Mey, E. 1994. Rudolstädter nat. hist. Schr. 6:107-108 PDF
Sellenschlo, U. 1994. Prakt. Schädlingsbek 46(3)
Złotorzycka, J., Lonc, E. 1994. Wiadom. Parazytol. 40(2):220-223. (with a list and photographs of his published work in Poland)
 
  
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