Background
Jahn, Ilse was born on February 2, 1922 in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany. Daughter of Paul and Olga (Voigt) Trommer.
Jahn, Ilse was born on February 2, 1922 in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany. Daughter of Paul and Olga (Voigt) Trommer.
Biological Diplomate, Fr.-Schiller-U., Jena, Germany, 1956. Doctor rerum naturalium, Fr.-Schiller-U., Jena, Germany, 1963. Dr honoris causa (honorary), Fr.-Schiller-U., Jena, Germany, 2002.
DrScNat, Humboldt University, Berlin, 1979.
Assistant, Ernst-Haeckel-Haus U., Jena, 1956-1962;
assistant/oberasst., A.v. Humboldt-Commission Academy of Science, Berlin, 1962-1967;
assistant/oberasst., Kustos Museum Natural History, Berlin, 1962-1980;
docent for museology, Humboldt U., 1980-1982;
private researcher, since 1982. Director education Museum Natural History, Berlin, 1971-1974.
President section biological music Council of Museums, German Democratic Republic, 1969-1982.
Member of German Society History and Theory of Biology (president 1991-1993), New York Academy of Sciences, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, Society History of Sciences (honorary Treviranus medal 2002).
Paul and Olga (Voigt) Trommer. Married Wilhelm Jahn, August 20, 1942 (deceased April 1945). 1 child, Isolde Schmidt.