Agustín steel
Agustín Stahl (born January 21, 1842 in Aguadilla , Puerto Rico , † July 12, 1917 in Bayamón , Puerto Rico) was a Puerto Rican doctor and scientist with different interests in the fields of ethnology , botany and zoology . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " A. Stahl ".
Live and act
Stahl was the son of a German father and a Dutch mother. After school in Aguadilla, he studied at the universities of Würzburg and Prague, where he graduated in 1864 with a doctorate in medicine. After returning to Puerto Rico, he opened a doctor's office in Bayamón. He spent his free time doing field research in the fields of ethnology, botany and zoology. Stahl was also very interested in history.
Between 1883 and 1888 Stahl published the six-part work Estudios sobre la Flora de Puerto Rico (A Study of Puerto Rican Flora), which lists 1,330 Puerto Rican plant taxa from various botanical gardens around the world. His studies formed the basis for numerous expert articles in which many new plant taxa were scientifically described for the first time.
Stahl was a staunch supporter of Puerto Rico's independence from Spain. He was a member of the autonomous party Partido Autonomista Puertorriqueño . The group tried to achieve a political and legal identity for Puerto Rico. In 1898 he was dismissed and deported from his professorship at the Instituto Civil de Segunda Enseñanza in San Juan because of his political views . After Puerto Rico gained sovereignty, he returned to the island.
Agustin Stahl died in Bayamón, where his remains were buried in the municipal cemetery. Stahl's house is now a museum. The Puerto Rican sculptor Tomás Batista created a bust in his honor, which can be seen in the University of Cayey .
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After Stahl decorated a tree in his garden for Christmas 1866, the residents of Bayamón christened it "El Arbol de Navidad del Doctor Stahl" (Dr. Stahl's Christmas tree). Since then, the custom of decorating Christmas trees has also been in effect in Puerto Rico.
Dedication names
The endangered species Stahlia monosperma from the carob family (Caesalpinioideae) and the taxa Argythamnia stahlii , Senna pendula var. Stahlii , Eugenia stahlii , Lyonia stahlii and Ternstroemia stahlii are named after Stahl .
Works (selection)
- Apuntes sobre la Flora de Puerto Rico
- Informe sobre la enfermedad de la Caña de Azúcar , 1878
- Catalógo del gabinete zoológico del Dr. A. Stahl en Bayamón , 1882
- Estudios sobre la Flora de Puerto Rico
- Catalogo del Gabinete Zoologico. Precedido de Una Clasificacion Sistematica de los Animales Que Corresponden a Este Fauna
- Los indios de Puerto Rico
- La Fundación de Aguadilla
- La fundación de Bayamón
literature
- Chardon, CE Haciendo Patria. Homenaje al Dr. Agustín steel . Revista de agricultura de Puerto Rico. 1924, 12 (11): 65-84.
- Coll y Toste, C. Destierro del Dr. Steel. Expulsión del Dr. Agustín Stahl de la isla. Boletín Histórico de Puerto Rico. 1926, Tomo 13: 59-60.
- Gutierrez de Arroyo, I. El Dr. Agustín Stahl, Hombre de ciencia: Perspectiva Humanística [with a bibliography]. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. 1978
Web links
- The Botanical Legacy of Agustín Stahl, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- Agustín Stahl ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Agustín Stahl at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steel, Agustín |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Steel, Augustine; A. Stahl (botanical author abbreviation) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Puerto Rican physician, ethnologist, zoologist, and botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aguadilla , Puerto Rico |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 12, 1917 |
| Place of death | Bayamón , Puerto Rico |