The annual lecture takes place in honor of Bernhard Rensch (* 1900, † 1990), who was professor for Zoology and Director of the Zoological Institute at the University of Münster from 1947 to 1968.

Bernhard Rensch was a widely known evolutionary biologist who taught and researched at School between the late 1940s and 1970s. Rensch had close contacts with many internationally leading scientists ...