The following messages were sent to ANNELIDA list in November 1997.
"Dr. Carl Støp-Bowitz, died November 1st, 1997 almost 84 years old. Dr. Støp-Bowitz was for many years an associate professor at the University of Oslo. and was some ten years ago appointed as professor at the International University of San Marino. He was rewarded the King's Medal for Merit.
"He was known throughout the Norwegian biological community as a most inspiring teacher. He contributed to several popular works on zoology, and his signature CS-B is familiar to all those who search information on invertebrates from the Norwegian Encyclopedia. His interest in linguistics was famous, he was internationally active as an esperantist, and the knowledge of biological terminology and nomenclature in Norway is sadly reduced by his death. Those of us who knew him will miss him, but still be glad that we did meet him. Even in his last year it was a pleasure to tell students to contact Dr. Støp-Bowitz and experience that he still was able to kindle enthusiasm in young people and give them scientific advice.
Torleif Holthe
Museum of Natural History and Archeology
Norwegian University of Science
and Technology
Trondheim
E-mail: vmzothol@vm.ntnu.no
Kristian Fauchald: "I was very saddened to hear about Professor Støp- Bowitz's death. Many years ago, when I was doing military service in Norway and itching to get out and back to studies, I visited him in a very small lab he had in the Zoological Museum, Oslo. I had already decided I was going to work on polychaetes, but could not decide what group to tackle first. Professor Støp-Bowitz suggested the nephtyids, and for a MS project that was just about the right size, with enough problems and what-not to whet my appetite for polychaete systematics. He also ended up telling me long stories about visiting with Pierre Fauvel and others of that generation and gave me a far better idea of the international nature of polychaete studies than I had before.
"Professor Støp-Bowitz's early papers on various families from Norwegian and Arctic waters are classics in their style and content. He added considerably to our knowledge of polychaetes and managed to do so while remaining a thoroughly enjoyable gentleman to boot.
Kristian Fauchald
fauchald.kristian@nmnh.si.edu