Franz Hermann Troschel

Who was Franz Hermann Troschel?

Franz Hermann Troschel was a German zoologist born in Spandau.

He studied mathematics and natural history at the University of Berlin, and beginning in 1840 was an assistant to Martin Lichtenstein at the Humboldt Museum of Natural History in Berlin. In 1849 he became a professor of zoology and natural history at the University of Bonn.

Troschel is remembered for the identification and classification of species in the fields of malacology, ichthyology and herpetology. A few of the species that contain his name are Troschel's sea star, Troschel's parrotfish, Troschel's murex and freshwater snail Bithynia troschelii.