Robert Hutzen Stamm (8 April 1877 – 18 February 1934) was a Danish zoologist who headed the histological and embryological laboratory of the University of Copenhagen.
Stamm was born in Copenhagen, son of school inspector C. H. Stamm. He graduated from the metropolitan school in 1895 and spent some time studying natural history and zoology and became magister scientiarum in 1901 and from 1908 he became a docent and headed the histological laboratory of the University of Copenhagen. He work on the muscles of the integument and on various anatomical studies. From 1920 he edited the journal of the Danish ornithological society.[1] He also served as an evaluator of zoology at the college of agriculture. From 1905 to 1926 he was a member of the committee for nature conservation.[2]
Stamm assisted Gerhard Heilmann in his paleontological work but he did not like Heilmann's attacks on professional zoologists.[3]
References
edit- ^ Blangstrup, Christian, ed. (1927). Salmonsen's Conversation Lexicon. Volume XXII. Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. p. 130.
- ^ Jespersen, P. (1934). "Robert Hutzen Stamm". Dansk Ornitologisk Forenings Tidsskrift. 28: 32–34.
- ^ Ries, Christopher Jacob (2010). "Angels, Demons, Birds and Dinosaurs: Creativity, Meaning and Truth in the Life, Art and Science of Gerhard Heilmann (1859–1946)". Interdisciplinary Science Reviews. 35 (1): 69–91. doi:10.1179/030801810X12628670445509. ISSN 0308-0188.