biology

Peter Weygoldt

Peter Weygoldt is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Peter Weygoldt rather than just read about it. In short: Peter Johann Hennig Weygoldt (April 24, 1933 – October, 23 2021) was a German biologist specialising in arachnology and herpetology. Biography Weygoldt was born April 24, 1933 in Wilhelmshaven to Walter Weygoldt and Hanna Weygoldt (née Wien-holz).

Key takeaways

Peter Weygoldt belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Peter Weygoldt to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Peter Weygoldt from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Peter Johann Hennig Weygoldt (April 24, 1933 – October, 23 2021) was a German biologist specialising in arachnology and herpetology.

Biography Weygoldt was born April 24, 1933 in Wilhelmshaven to Walter Weygoldt and Hanna Weygoldt (née Wien-holz). Due to his father's military career he grew up moving between places including Bremen and Berlin in Germany and Kolberg in Poland, and changed schools over ten times. His father died 1943 in Riga while serving as a lieutenant colonel during World War II. He studied biology at the Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel for six years from 1952, including one year at the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg. He obtained his doctorate in early 1958 before moving into research. He was working in Beaufort, North Carolina in 1966 when he met Sylvia Möhring who had an interest in wildlife and they married just a couple of months later. They moved to Freiburg in 1967 where Weygoldt worked as a senior assistant in the University of Freiburg before being made an adjunct professor in December 1978. Although his work focused on Uropygi (whip scorpions), Amblypygi (whip spiders) and Pseudoscorpions, he also had an interest in frogs found in the tropics. He published in academic journals as well as his work being found in scientific films and books. Weygoldt was known for studies of arachnid phylogeny including a seminal work that provided a scheme for arachnid inter-ordinal relationships. He retired in September 1995, but continued his research for many years with his last publication in 2013 on sperm transfer and maternal brood care in flagellate scorpions. In 2013 he received the Simon Award from the International Society of Arachnology for his life's work. When he died in 2021 he was survived by his wife and their two daughters and two sons.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Peter Weygoldt

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Peter Weygoldt claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Peter Weygoldt before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Peter Weygoldt ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Peter Weygoldt

In research: Peter Weygoldt appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Peter Weygoldt in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Peter Weygoldt is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1933 births, 2021 deaths, German biologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Peter Weygoldt outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Peter Weygoldt in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

What is Peter Weygoldt in simple terms?

Peter Johann Hennig Weygoldt (April 24, 1933 – October, 23 2021) was a German biologist specialising in arachnology and herpetology. Biography Weygoldt was born April 24, 1933 in Wilhelmshaven to Walter Weygoldt and Hanna Weygoldt (née Wien-holz).

Why does Peter Weygoldt matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Peter Weygoldt?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Peter Weygoldt.