Friedrich Traugott Kützing

Kützing Monument in Nordhausen

Friedrich Traugott Kützing (born December 8, 1807 in Ritteburg , † September 9, 1893 in Nordhausen ) was a German botanist and algae researcher. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Kütz. "

Live and act

After initially working as a pharmacist, Kützing studied natural sciences in Halle, made a botanical trip to the littoral, Dalmatia, Italy and the Alps and in 1838 became a natural science teacher at the secondary school in Nordhausen. In 1843 he was appointed professor and retired in 1883. In 1842 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

A new epoch was established for special algae science through Kützing's work. His work "Species algarum" (Leipz. 1849) contains all the species known at the time. He also wrote: “Synopsis Diatomearum” (Halle 1833); “Tabulae phycologicae” (Nordhausen 1845–1870, 20 vols. With 2000 colored plates); "Phycologia generalis, or anatomy, physiology and systems science of the Tange" (Leipzig 1843, with 80 colored plates); "The pebble-shell bacillaries or diatoms" (Nordhausen 1844, with 30 plates; 2nd copy 1865); "Phycologia germanica" (Nordhausen 1845). K. also published the “Algae aquae dulcis” (Halle 1833–1836, Issue 1–16) in dried copies and also wrote: “The natural sciences in schools as promoters of Christian humanism” (Nordhausen 1850) and “Basics of the philosophical Botany ”(Leipzig 1851–1852, 2 volumes).

In the latter work he appeared as a defender of spontaneous generation and fought against the hypothesis of the stability of species.

Kützing also worked with yeast . In 1837 , he was one of the first scientists to prove the importance of yeast in alcoholic fermentation independently of Charles Cagniard-Latour and Theodor Schwann .

Honors

The algae genera Kuetzingia Sonder , Kuetzingiella Kornmann and Kuetzingina Kuntze have been named after him.

literature

Peter Kuhlbrodt : Friedrich Traugott Kützing as a Nordhausen citizen. In: Contributions to local history from the city and district of Nordhausen . Volume 25, Nordhausen 2000, pp. 57-71.
Ernst Wunschmann: Kützing, Friedrich Traugott . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 51, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 460 f.

Individual evidence

↑ Kützing, FT (1837): Microscopic investigations on yeast and mother vinegar, along with several other associated vegetable structures . In: Journ. Prakt. Chem. 11, pp. 385-409
↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Traugott Kützing - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikispecies: Friedrich Traugott Kützing - Species Directory

Friedrich Traugott Kützing - an important natural scientist of the 19th century at the Friedrich Christian Lesser Foundation
Friedrich Traugott Kützing - pharmacist and important botanist by Christoph Friedrich, Pharmazeutische Zeitung online
Author entry and list of the described plant names for Friedrich Traugott Kützing at the IPNI
Biography at NordhausenWiki

personal data
SURNAME	Kützing, Friedrich Traugott
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German botanist and algae researcher
DATE OF BIRTH	December 8, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ritteburg
DATE OF DEATH	September 9, 1893
Place of death	Nordhausen

[1] Kützing, FT (1837): Microscopic investigations on yeast and mother vinegar, along with several other associated vegetable structures . In: Journ. Prakt. Chem. 11, pp. 385-409

[Burkhardt2018-2] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]