Dear Conch-Lers,
I received just now the announcement that Dr. Adolf Zilch, longtime curator
of the Mollusc Collection at the Senckenberg Collection in Frankfurt am
Main, has passed away.

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From: "Ronald Janssen" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 5:34 PM
Subject: A. Zilch


> Frankfurt a. M., 10. 01. 2006
>
> Dear collegues,
>
> with sorrow and great concern I have to announce the death of *Dr. Adolf
> Zilch*. After a long and fulfilled life A. Zilch passed away on January,
> 1^st , in the age of 94.
>
> Dr. Zilch was one of the most recognized malacologists worldwide. With his
> handbook on the “Euthyneura” which is a standard tool even today nearly 50
> years after its publication, he gained high international reputation. His
> vast knowledge in the field of world-wide terrestrial malacology became
> famous. A. Zilch was one of the founders of the Unitas malacologica and
> for many decades president of the German malacological society. At the
> research institute Senckenberg Adolf Zilch held the position of the
> curator of the mollusc collection for more than forty years, he served as
> vice-director of the institute and head of the department of zoology as
> well as editor of three scientific journals, among them the Archiv für
> Molluskenkunde. After retirement in 1976 A. Zilch still worked in the
> malacological section for another 20 years as honorary collaborator.
> Besides malacology, his interests focused on music and history and he was
> a highly recognized specialist in the field of numismatics.
>
> An obituary will be published in Archiv für Molluskenkunde.
>
> Ronald Janssen
>
> Malacology section, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt a. Main,
> Germany
>
> Dr. Ronald Janssen
> Sektionsleiter Malakologie
>
> Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg
> Senckenberganlage 25
> D-60325 Frankfurt am Main
> Germany
>
> Telephon: +49 (0) 69 7542-237
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
> please visit our collection database under: http://sesam.senckenberg.de/

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