Alexander Wilhelm (Alexander) Goette
1840–1922
Russian-born German zoologist. Studied medicine at the Universities of Dorpat and Tübingen. Assistant, Zoological Institute, University of Straßburg (Strasbourg); professor extraordinarius, 1877; director of the zoological collections of the museum, 1880. Professor of zoology and director of the zoological institute, university of Rostock, 1882–6. Professor of zoology, Straßburg, 1886–1914. Critic of generalisations of the theory of evolution, especially that of Ernst Haeckel.
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DBE
DSB
NDB
Bibliography
DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
NDB: Neue deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 27 vols. (A–Wettiner) to date. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 1953–.
