Dr Reinhold Johannes Ortlepp : Onderstepoort staff

Abstract

Photo of Dr Reinhold Johannes Ortlepp that served Onderstepoort probably from the late 20's to 1964. He was born 10 May 1894 in Melmoth, KwaZulul-Natal, South Africa and died in 12 April 1964 in Pretoria, South Africa. He was appointed in 1930 as research officer at the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute. Here he succeeded P.L. le Roux as researcher on helminths. His speciality was the taxonomy and life cycles of the Trematoda, Cestoda and Nematoda and during the next 30 years he discovered and described 100 new species. During his career he acquired an extensive library which he bequeathed to the Section of Helminthology at Onderstepoort. (Source: S2A3 Biographical Database of Southern African Science)