Marianne Plehn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marianne Plehn

German professor

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1863

Place of Birth: Drzycim, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 18-Jan-1946

Profession: professor, zoologist, biologist, university teacher, ichthyologist, non-fiction writer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Marianne Plehn (30 Oktober 1863 – 18 January 1946) was a German zoologist.
She was the first woman to be awarded a doctorate at the ETH Zurich and the first woman to be appointed as professor in Bavaria in 1914.
Plehn is commemorated in the names of three polyclads and 12 disease agents of fishes.
The breadth of her research on diseases of fishes defined the scientific study in this area.
She published 114 scientific papers on the subject.
She worked with Bruno Hofer and has been honoured as one of the founders of fish pathology.