Fanny Moser (scientist)

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

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
Spouse(s)Jaroslav Hoppe
Scientific career
FieldsZoology
Thesis (1902)
For other people named Fanny Moser, see Fanny Moser (disambiguation).

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]

References
  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.
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