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German gymnast This article is about K.H.C. Jordan, entomologist, who spent his career in Tharandt and Dresden. For H.E. Karl Jordan, the German-British entomologist associated with Tring, see Karl Jordan (zoologist, born 1861).

Karl Hermann Christian Jordan (23 March 1888 – 6 March 1972) was a German entomologist and gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Papstdorf (then known as Pfaffdorf), Saxony. In 1912, he was a member of the German team which finished fourth in the team, free system competition and fifth in the team, European system event. Jordan was also a professor of zoology, with six species of heteroptera named after him.

Jordan was born to a farming family in Papstdorf, a farming village in Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Germany. He studied science in Jena and Leipzig. His initial career as a scientist at the experimental station for fruit and wine research, Neustadt/Haardt, was cut short by the First World War, after which he taught in the faculty of biology and chemistry at the Oberrealschule in Bautzen. In 1948/1949, he took up a position in Dresden, first as a professor of zoology and then as director of the zoological institute at the Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry in Tharandt. He led the Naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft ISIS Dresden [de] for 22 years, and was editor of its publication, Isis Budissina. After the Second World War, he led the entomological section of the Deutsche Kuturbund. He is particularly known for his work on the Heteroptera but published widely on the insects of Saxony and Upper Lusatia (Oberlausitz). His own collection was later taken into the Natural History Museum, Berlin.

References

  1. ^ "Karl Jordan". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karl Jordan Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  3. Schiemenz, H (1972). "In memoriam Prof. Dr. K. H. C. JORDAN (1888–1972)" (PDF). Entomologische Nachrichten: 103–107. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  4. Klausnitzer, Bernhard (2014). "Karl Hermann Christian Jordan (1888–1972) – Leben und Werk" (PDF). Andrias. 20 (2): 119–124. Retrieved 19 June 2022.

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