Alexander von Lingelsheim

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Alexander von Lingelsheim (born September 27, 1874 in Arolsen ; † March 5, 1937 in Breslau ) was a German pharmacist and botanist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Lingelsh. "

Alexander von Lingelsheim was a seaman from 1892 to 1895 and drove to Africa and North America, but after an injury decided to become a pharmacist. He completed an apprenticeship as a pharmacist in Jena and Leipzig, graduating in 1900, studied at the University of Breslau and was there from 1904 to 1929 as an assistant at the Botanical Garden and Museum. In 1906 he received his doctorate at the University of Rostock and since 1910 taught botany at the Technical University in Breslau . In 1929 he founded a pharmacy in Breslau and in 1932 he became an associate professor of pharmacy at the University of Breslau (where he completed his habilitation in 1926).

He wrote a handbook article on olive trees and ash trees . He also published a lot about medicinal plants.

Honors

On June 3, 1920 ( registration number 3441 ) he became a member of the Leopoldina . The genus Lingelsheimia Pax 1909 of the Putranjivaceae family is named in his honor.

Fonts

  • Oleaceae. Oleolidae. Fraxinae et Syringeae . In: Adolf Engler: The plant kingdom. Volume 72, W. Engelmann, Leipzig 1920

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Member entry of Alexander von Lingelsheim at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 22, 2017.
  2. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
personal data
SURNAME Lingelsheim, Alexander von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lingelsh. (botanical author abbreviation)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pharmacist and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Arolsen
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1937
Place of death Wroclaw