Georg Grimpe

He studied zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Leipzig, where under the influence of Carl Chun (1852–1914), he focused his energies towards research of marine fauna, especially cuttlefish.

[1] After graduation, he worked as an assistant at the Leipzig Zoo, being tasked with scientific design issues concerning its aquarium and terrarium.

[1] He is the taxonomic authority of numerous taxa, including the cephalopod order Vampyromorpha and the families Stauroteuthidae and Chtenopterygidae.

[2][3][4] In 1933 Grimpe signed the Vow of allegiance of the Professors of the German Universities and High-Schools to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialistic State.

With ichthyologist Erich Wagler (1884–1951), he collaborated on a textbook of marine biology titled "Die Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostsee" (Fauna of the North and Baltic Seas), and beginning in 1927, he was editor of the journal "Der Zoologische Garten".