Alfred Louis Laubmann

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Alfred Louis Laubmann mostly Alfred Laubmann (born October 20, 1886 in Kaufbeuren , † October 18, 1965 in Munich ) was a German ornithologist .

Live and act

His father was the businessman Eugen Laubmann. His mother's name was Ida geb. Shepherd. From 1891 to 1897 he attended elementary school in Kaufbeuren and then moved to the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , which he graduated from high school in 1906. After leaving school, he studied natural sciences with a focus on zoology from 1906 to 1911 at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . Here he did his doctorate under Richard von Hertwig with the dissertation research on the skin sensory organs decapoder crabs from the group of caridids . In 1912 he married Elisabeth Mayer. During the summer semester of 1910, Laubmann stayed at the Biologique de Roscoff station as part of his doctorate on marine zoological studies . In the spring of 1911 he was commissioned by the management of the Zoological State Collection to process the bird hides that Gottfried Merzbacher (1843–1926) had collected in Tian Shan in 1907 and 1908 . He published the results of the investigations in 1914. Although he lived in Munich, he never lost sight of his homeland, the Allgäu , and kept publishing about the avifauna from this region.

He worked at the Zoological State Collection for over a decade under the direction of Carl Eduard Hellmayr as a scientific assistant. During this time, Hellmayr also employed Erwin Stresemann . When Hellmayer moved to the United States in 1922 , Laubmann was promoted to head of the ornithological department. In 1926 he was promoted to curator and in 1927 he was awarded the title of professor. He donated his own valuable bird collection, which consisted of approx. 6000 bellows, to the state. Among the most important publications were the two-volume work The Birds of Paraguay and his various studies on the kingfishers .

His research dealt mainly with systematic questions, so that even today there are species and subspecies that are associated with his name. Nevertheless, he also took care of the faunistic aspects. Together with Carl Renz and his wife Elisabeth, he went on an expedition to Greece , for which he had his boss Ludwig Döderlein given leave of absence. The result of the trip was published in 1927 under the title Zur Ornithologie der Ionischen Insel . The publications Ornithological Observations from the Lake Maisinger See or Cranes on the southern edge of Munich show that he just as much enjoyed dealing with his immediate surroundings.

He joined the Ornithological Society in Bavaria as early as 1907. Between 1913 and 1921 he acted there as deputy secretary, from 1922 as general secretary, editor and editor of negotiations of the Ornithological Society in Bavaria and Anzeiger der Ornithological Society in Bavaria . It is thanks to him that the level of the magazines was kept high and the publication organs of society were saved from two world wars. At the same time he was in constant contact with other respected ornithologists from home and abroad. One of his friends became Walter Wüst in 1928 , who at that time reported to him as a student from the Ismaninger pond area and finally wrote an obituary for the deceased. For another, Josef Gengler , he wrote an obituary in 1933. In January 1962 he gave up responsibility for the magazines and Einhard Bezzel took over the successor.

In 1951 Laubmann took his well-deserved retirement, but without losing sight of ornithology. Gerd Diesselhorst took over his position at the Zoological State Collection .

Memberships and honors

Laubmann was a member of the International Ornithological Committee , since 1925 honorary member of the Société Ornithologique de France , since 1930 of the Club van Nederlandse Vogelkundigen , since 1935 of the Hungarian Ornithological Institute , the Natural Science Association for Swabia in Augsburg , since 1923 a corresponding member of the American Ornithologists' Union , since 1933 corresponding member of the Sociedad Ornitológica del Plata and since 1935 member of the advisory board of the German Ornithological Society .

First descriptions by Alfred Louis Laubmann

Hercules Kingfisher
Chinasing throttle

The new species and subspecies of Laubmann include chronological and a .:

species

Subspecies

Dedication names

Carl Eduard Hellmayr and Josef von Seilern and Aspang honored him in 1915 in the name of a subspecies of the yellow-bellied core crackers ( Pheucticus chrysogaster laubmanni ). Hermann Grote named in 1933 a subspecies of the collar Liests ( Todiramphus chloris laubmannianus ) in his honor. Erwin Stresemann described with Pica pica laubmanni a synonym for the Elster subspecies ( Pica pica bactriana ), Gregory Macalister Mathews in 1925 with Alcedo laubmanni a synonym for the Meninting Kingfisher subspecies ( Alcedo meninting coltarti ), Adolf von Jordmanns 1928 synonym with Alectoris rufa for the red-legged partridge subtype ( Alectoris rufa intercedens ), Oscar Neumann 1933 Crypturellus obsoletus foliage manni a synonym for the Brown Tinamou ( Crypturellus obsoletus ), Vladimir Sergeyevich Stakhanov 1929 Emberiza fucata foliage manni synonymous with the band Bunting ( Emberiza fucata ) and Wilhelm Heinrich Jakob Götz (1902–1979) described in 1923 with Dryobates medius laubmanni a synonym for a subspecies of the middle woodpecker ( Dendrocopos medius caucasicus ( Bianchi , 1904)) and a subspecies of the falcon dragonfly under the name Cordulia aenea laubmanni .

Publications (selection)

  • About color varieties in Picus viridis . In: Ornithological monthly reports . tape 17 , no. 7/8 , 1913, pp. 112-113 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Contributions to the avifauna of Bavaria . In: Ornithological Yearbook. Organ for the Palacak fauna area . tape 22 , no. 1 , 1912, p. 51–63 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • Two new Palearctic forms . In: Negotiations of the Ornithological Society in Bavaria . tape 11 , 1912, pp. 164-165 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • About a new raven form from Beluchistan forms Corvus splendens zugmayeri subsp. nov . In: Ornithological monthly reports . tape 21 , no. 6 , 1913, pp. 93-94 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Investigations on the skin sensory organs decapoder crayfish from the group of caridids . In: Zoological Yearbooks. Department of Anatomy and Ontogeny of Animals . tape 35 , 1913, pp. 105-160 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • A new form from Baluchistan Sarcogrammus indicus aigneri subsp. nov. In: Falco: magazine that appears irregularly following the work "Berajah, Zoographia infinita" . tape 9 , no. 2 , 1913, pp. 30-31 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Scientific results of Dr. Erich Zugmayer in Balutschistan 1911 birds . In: Treatises of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . tape 26 , 1914, pp. 1–173 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • Scientific results of the trip of Prof. Dr. G. Merzbacher in the central and eastern Thian-Schan 1907/8 . In: Treatises of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . tape 26 , 1914, pp. 1–105 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • Aegotheles bennettii wiedenfeldi subsp. nov . In: Ornithological monthly reports . tape 22 , no. 1 , 1914, p. 7-8 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Two new forms from the Caucasus . In: Negotiations of the Ornithological Society in Bavaria . tape 12 , no. 2 , 1915, p. 93-102 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Ornithological observations from the area of ​​the Maisinger See . In: Negotiations of the Ornithological Society in Bavaria . tape 12 , no. 4 , 1916, pp. 242–261 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • A new name for Alcedo grandis Blyth . In: Negotiations of the Ornithological Society in Bavaria . tape 13 , no. 1 , 1917, p. 105 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • A new name for Turdus auritus Verr. In: Ornithological monthly reports . tape 28 , no. 1/2 , 1917, p. 17 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Notes on some of Chr. L. Brehm's previously overlooked names . In: Negotiations of the Ornithological Society in Bavaria . tape 14 , no. 1 , 1919, p. 103-106 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • New forms from the group of the Alcedinids . In: Negotiations of the Ornithological Society in Bavaria . tape 15 , no. 4 , 1923, pp. 390-392 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • About a new breed of Alcedo semitorquata Swain . In: Anzeiger der Ornithologische Gesellschaft in Bayern . tape 1 , no. 9 , 1925, pp. 74-75 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • Dr. Josef Gengler (1863-1931) . In: Negotiations of the Ornithological Society in Bavaria . tape 19 , no. 2/3 , 1931, p. 380–383 ( landesmuseum.at [PDF; 390 kB ]).
  • The Kingfishers of Sumatra Island; Attempt at a monographic presentation . Nicolaische Verlags-Buchhandlung, Berlin 1925.
  • with Wilhelm Heinrich Jakob Götz: New contributions to the ornithology of Southeast China . In: Negotiations of the Ornithological Society in Bavaria . tape 17 , no. 1/2 , 1926, p. 36–58 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • Alcedinidological remarks on GM Mathew's work in “The Austral Avian Record” Vol. 4 . In: Negotiations of the Ornithological Society in Bavaria . tape 17 , no. 3 , 1927, pp. 125–128 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • On the ornithology of the Ionian Islands . In: Negotiations of the Ornithological Society in Bavaria . tape 17 , no. 4 , 1927, pp. 291-376 .
  • in Hans Krieg: Birds in Scientific Results of the German Gran Chaco Expedition . Strecker and Schröder, Stuttgart 1930.
  • Contributions to the knowledge of Furnarius rufus . In: Negotiations of the Ornithological Society in Bavaria . tape 20 , no. 1 , 1933, pp. 153–161 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • Contributions to the knowledge of Furnarius rufus . In: Further contributions to the avifauna of Argentina . tape 20 , no. 2/3 , 1934, p. 249-336 .
  • Nomina mutanda Alcedinidarum . In: Negotiations of the Ornithological Society in Bavaria . tape 22 , no. 1 , 1940, p. 165–166 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • The birds of Paraguay. Scientific results of the German Gran Chaco Expedition . tape 1 . Published by Strecker and Schröder, Stuttgart 1940.
  • The birds of Paraguay. Scientific results of the German Gran Chaco Expedition . tape 2 . Published by Strecker and Schröder, Stuttgart 1941.
  • Cranes on the southern edge of Munich . In: Anzeiger der Ornithologische Gesellschaft Bayerns . tape 4 , no. 8 , 1957, pp. 711 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).

literature

  • Walter Wüst: Professor Dr. Alfred Laubmann October 20, 1886 to October 18, 1965 . In: Anzeiger der Ornithologische Gesellschaft Bayerns . tape 7 , no. 5 , 1966, pp. 654–665 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • Hermann Oblinger: Prof. Dr. Alfred Laubmann in memory! In: Report of the Natural Science Association for Swabia . tape 70 , no. 5 , 1966, pp. 9 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • Carl Eduard Hellmayr, Josef von Seilern and Aspang: About a new Hawfinch from Venezuela . In: Negotiations of the Ornithological Society in Bavaria . tape 12 , no. 2 , 1915, p. 160-110 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Hermann Grote: Halcyon chloris laubmanniana nom. nov . In: Anzeiger der Ornithologische Gesellschaft Bayerns . tape 2 , no. 6 , 1933, pp. 266 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • Erwin Stresemann: The birds of the Elburs expedition 1927 . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 76 , no. 2 , 1928, p. 313-411 , doi : 10.1007 / BF01940685 .
  • Gregory Macalister Mathews: Mr. Gregory M. Mathews also sent the following change in names . In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . tape 46 , no. 299 , 1925, pp. 21 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Adolf von Jordans: The results of my third trip to the Balearic Islands. In addition to an overview of all bird species known so far from the archipelago of the Balearic and Pityuses . In: Novitates Zoologicae . tape 34 , 1928, pp. 262-336 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Oscar Neumann: About some Brazilian birds . In: Negotiations of the Ornithological Society in Bavaria . tape 20 , no. 1 , 1933, pp. 180–191 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • Vladimir Sergeyevich Stakhanov: Emberiza fucata laubmanni susp.nov. In: Ornithological Indicator . tape 2 , no. 1 , 1929, p. 6 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • Wilhelm Heinrich Jakob Götz: Communication about some geographical variations in odonates . In: Communications of the Munich Entomological Society . tape 13 , 1923, pp. 36-37 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Wilhelm Heinrich Jakob Götz: Nomenclature about Palaearctic birds . In: Negotiations of the Ornithological Society in Bavaria . tape 15 , no. 3 , 1923, pp. 321 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Annual report on the K. Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Munich 1905/06.
  2. ↑ a b Hermann Oblinger, p. 9.
  3. ^ Alfred Louis Laubmann, Investigations on the skin sensory organs decapoder crabs from the group of Caridids (1913), p. 106.
  4. ^ Alfred Louis Laubmann, Scientific results of the trip of Prof. Dr. G. Merzbacher in the central and eastern Thian-Schan 1907/8 (1914).
  5. ↑ a b Walter Wüst, p. 654.
  6. ↑ a b c d e Walter Wüst, p. 655.
  7. ^ Walter Wüst, p. 656.
  8. ↑ Carl Eduard Hellmayr et al. a., p. 160.
  9. ↑ Hermann Grote, p. 266.
  10. ↑ Erwin Stresemann, p. 342.
  11. ^ Gregory Macalister Mathews, p. 342.
  12. ^ Adolf von Jordans, p. 306.
  13. ↑ Oscar Neumann, p. 181.
  14. ↑ Vladimir Sergeyevich Stakhanov, p. 6.
  15. ↑ Wilhelm Heinrich Jakob Götz, p. 321.
  16. ↑ Wilhelm Heinrich Jakob Götz, p. 36.
personal data
SURNAME Laubmann, Alfred Louis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Laubmann, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ornithologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH at Kaufbeuren
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1965
Place of death Munich