Fanny Moser (scientist)

For other people named Fanny Moser, see Fanny Moser (disambiguation).
Fanny Moser
Born(1872-05-27)May 27, 1872
DiedFebruary 24, 1953(1953-02-24) (aged 80)
NationalitySwiss-German
Other namesFanny Hoppe-Moser
EducationUniversity of Freiburg
Known forFirst female student to register at the University of Freiburg
SpouseJaroslav Hoppe
Scientific career
FieldsZoology
Thesis (1902)

Fanny Moser, also known as Fanny Hoppe-Moser, (27 May 1872 – 24 February 1953) was a Swiss-German zoologist.

Her father Johan-Heinrich Moser was an engineer and built the Moser dam in Schaffhausen. In 1896 Fanny Moser became the first female student to register at the University of Freiburg,[1] where she studied medicine. She then began studying zoology in Munich and received her doctorate in 1902, specialising in the developmental history of the vertebrate lung.[2] In 1903 she married the composer Jaroslav Hoppe.[3] They moved to Berlin and Moser began her international research, which included identifying nine new species, most notably the cold-water southern physonect Pyrostephos vanhoeffeni that was collected from the South Pole expedition for the Museum of Natural History in Berlin.[4][5] The prince of Monaco commissioned her to work on his zoological deep sea collection.[6]

She became involved with parapsychology in 1914, releasing a work on the topic in 1935.[7]

  1. ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000). The biographical dictionary of women in science : pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century. Routledge. p. 920. ISBN 9780415920384. Retrieved 4 January 2019. Fanny Hoppe-Moser zoology.
  2. ^ "RELATING TO ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY (principally invertebrata and cryptogamia), MICEOSCOPY, Etc.*". Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. 23 (1): 21–115. February 1903. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2818.1903.tb02312.x.
  3. ^ "Fanny Moser article" (PDF).
  4. ^ Moser, F (1925). "Die Siphonophoren der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. Deutsche Sudpolar-Expedition 17". Zoologie. 9 (1): 547.
  5. ^ Mapstone, Gillian M.; Hejnol, Andreas (6 February 2014). "Global Diversity and Review of Siphonophorae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa)". PLOS ONE. 9 (2): e87737. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...987737M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0087737. PMC 3916360. PMID 24516560.
  6. ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000). The biographical dictionary of women in science : pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century. Routledge. p. 920. ISBN 9780415920384. Retrieved 4 January 2019. Fanny Hoppe-Moser zoology.
  7. ^ Moser, Fanny (January 1974). Das grosse Buch des Okkultismus ([2. Aufl.] / Mit einer Einl. von Hans Bender ed.). Walter. ISBN 978-3530579000.