Alexander von Homeyer
Alexander von Homeyer (born January 19, 1834 in Vorland ; † July 14, 1903 in Greifswald ) was a German ornithologist .
Life
As the son of the landlord Peter Wilhelm von Homeyer and his wife Luise, née von Kahlden , he received his first lessons in his parents' house, after which he attended the Stralsund high school .
Alexander von Homeyer, nephew of the ornithologist Eugen Ferdinand von Homeyer , trained in the cadet house in Potsdam and Berlin and joined the Prussian army in 1852 . In 1866, during the war against Austria, he took part in the battles at Skalitz , Schweinschädel and Königgrätz . In 1875 he was promoted to major in the 2nd Nassau Infantry Regiment No. 88 and retired in 1878 due to illness.
Devoting himself to scientific studies at an early stage, he soon turned to ornithology, was when he garrisoned in Frankfurt am Main , section of the ornithological collection of the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung , researched the fauna, especially the bird world of the Balearic Islands and the western Mediterranean countries, and turned in 1861 later also lepidopterological studies.
In 1874 he was sent to Africa with Paul Pogge as head of the second German expedition, went up the Cuanza to Dondo, then to Punaa Adongo (9 ° south of Br.), But fell ill with biliary fever here , so that only Pogge went to the area of the Muata Jamvo arrived.
In 1875 Homeyer returned to Europe with an important lepidopterological collection, the scientific processing of which occupied him at first.
literature
- Ludwig Gebhardt: Homeyer, Alexander von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 588 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Uta Lindgren : Pogge, Paul. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 578 f. ( Digitized version ). (Secondary entry)
- Joachim Steinbacher: "Alexander von Homeyer" in Pomeranian Life Pictures . I. Saunier, Stettin 1934, p. 261-265 .
- Rudolf Blasius : Alexander von Homeyer † . In: Ornithological monthly . tape 13 , 1903, pp. 404-411 ( online [accessed November 2, 2011]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Homeyer, Alexander von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ornithologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | foreshore |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 1903 |
| Place of death | Greifswald |