Biography.guide
Home › People › Zoologist › Joachim Illies
Portrait of Joachim Illies

Joachim Illies

1925 – 1982

German biologist

Don't just read it — keep itBiographies to ownE-book · Audio · Video From $7 →

About Joachim Illies

Lived 1925 – 1982 (aged 57). Joachim Illies was a German zoologist, entomologist, non-fiction writer and university teacher.

Joachim Illies (March 23, 1925 - June 3, 1982) was a German biologist, entomologist, limnologist and author.

Biography Joachim Illies studied biology at the University of Götting and Kiel. He was the leader of the Max-Planck-Institute of limnology in Plön, where he worked for 31 years, an honorary professor for zoology at the University of Gießen, and editor-in-chief of the journal Aquatic Insects.

Books Adams Handwerk, Furche 1967 Noahs Arche, Kosmos 1968 Wissenschaft als Heilserwartung, Furche 1969 Die Affen und wir, ro-ro-ro-tele 1970 Zoologie des Menschen, Piper 1971 Feigenblatt und Lorbeer, Schünemann 1971 Die Sache mit dem Apfel, Herder 1972, mit Beiträgen von Heinrich Spaemann, Christa Meves, Ernst Bloch u.a. Für eine menschenwürdige Zukunft, Herder 1972 Hoffnung auf Naturwissenschaft, Die Waage, Zürich 1972 Biologie und Menschenbild, Freiburg im Breisgau, Basel, Wien (Herder) 1975, Das Geheimnis des Lebendigen: Leben u. Werk des Biologen Adolf Portmann, München 1976 (Kindler), Die andere Seite der Biologie, Freiburg im Breisgau, Basel, Wien 1978 (Herder), Kulturbiologie des Menschen: Der Mensch zwischen Gesetz und Freiheit, München 1978 (Piper), Das Geheimnis des grünen Planeten, Frankfurt / Main 1982 (Umschau-Verlag), Der Jahrhundert-Irrtum: Würdigung und Kritik des Darwinismus, Frankfurt / Main 1983 (Umschau-Verlag),

Literature Brockhaus Enzyklopädie, Neunzehnte, völlig neu bearbeitete Auflage, Band 10, Seite 393, Artikel „Illies, Joachim“, Mannheim 1989, Carsten Bresch: "Nachruf auf Joachim Illies", in AGEMUS, Juni 1982, p. 25 f, Freiburg im Breisgau

Biography shop

Don’t just read it —
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop — from $7

Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Employers
University of Giessen
Also known as
J. Illies, J Illies

People in Joachim Illies's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Joachim Illies's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Joachim Illies?

German biologist (1925-1982)

When was Joachim Illies born?

Joachim Illies was born on 23 March 1925 in Ketzin/Havel.

When did Joachim Illies die?

Joachim Illies died on 3 June 1982 in Schlitz.

What was Joachim Illies's occupation?

Joachim Illies was a zoologist, entomologist, non-fiction writer and university teacher.

What nationality was Joachim Illies?

Joachim Illies was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Joachim Illies

· Wikidata: Q115181

· DBpedia: Joachim Illies

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Joachim Illies. https://biography.guide/joachim-illies/

MLA: "Joachim Illies." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/joachim-illies/.

Chicago: "Joachim Illies." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/joachim-illies/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-22 · Spot an error? Report a correction.

Page generated 2026-09-27 04:58 UTC