Adolf Portmann 2576391 161756624 2007-10-02T09:48:31Z BrownHairedGirl 754619 [[Category:Swiss biologists]] '''Adolf Portmann''' ([[27 May]] [[1897]] – [[28 June]] [[1982]]) was a [[zoologist]]. Born in [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]], he studied [[zoology]] at the [[University of Basel]] and worked later in Geneva, Munich, Paris and Berlin, but mainly in marine biology laboratories in France ([[Banyuls-sur-Mer]], [[Roscoff]], [[Villefranche-sur-Mer]]) and Helgoland. In 1931 he became professor of zoology in [[Basel]]. His main research areas covered marine biology and comparative morphology of vertebrates. His work was often interdisciplinary comprising sociological and philosophical aspects of life of animals and humans. Portmann died in [[Binningen]] near Basel on [[28 June]] [[1982]]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Portmann, Adolf}} [[Category:Marine biologists]] [[Category:Swiss biologists]] [[Category:1897 births]] [[Category:1982 deaths]] [[cs:Adolf Portmann]] [[de:Adolf Portmann]] [[fr:Adolf Portmann]]