Franz Eilhard Schulze

Franz Eilhard Schulze (1840-1921) was a German anatomist and zoologist who was born near Greifswald. In 1863 he received his doctorate from the University of Rostock, and subsequently became a lecturer of anatomy as well as prosector at Rostock. In 1871 he established the zoological institute of the University of Rostock. Later he was a professor at the Universities of Graz and Berlin. For several years during the 1890s he was president of the German zoological society.

Schulze is remembered for his investigations of the anatomy and developmental history of invertebrates, particularly his research and publications involving sea-sponges. He was especially interested in a class of sponges known as Hexactinellida, which he studied from collections taken from the U.S. Albratoss Expedition, and the British Challenger Expedition of 1873-76. Schulze also did important studies of xenophyophores, which are delicate sponge-like protozoans.

Selected works

 * Amerikanische Hexactinelliden nach dem Materiale der Albatross-Expedition. Jena 1899
 * Hexactinellida. Jena: G. Fischer, 1904
 * Die Xenophyophoren der Siboga-Expedition. Leiden: Brill, 1906