August Gremli
August Gremli (born March 15, 1833 in Kreuzlingen , † March 30, 1899 there ) was a Swiss physician and botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Gremli ".
Live and act
August Gremli, son of the district doctor Johannes Gremli, studied medicine in Berlin and Munich and then completed an apprenticeship as a pharmacist in Karlsruhe . From 1876 he worked as a curator in the herbarium of Émile Burnat in Nant near Vevey ; from 1899 he lived in Kreuzlingen again.
He published several works on flora in Switzerland, in 1867 his main work, Exkursionsflora der Schweiz . With Burnat he published several articles on the flora of the sea Alps.
Together with the pharmacist Johannes Schalch (1796–1874) he discovered the diverse flora, roses and orchids of the Wangental near Schaffhausen .
Fonts
- August Gremli: Excursion flora of Switzerland , 1867
- August Gremli: Contributions to the flora of Switzerland , 1870
- August Gremli: New contributions to the flora of Switzerland , 1890–1890, several volumes
literature
- Heinrich Zoller: Gremli, August. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Albert Leutenegger: Nekrolog August Gremli , Thurgauische Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Mitteilungen Heft 25/1924, pages 237–242
- August Schläfli: August Gremli and his «excursion flora» . In: Thurgauer Jahrbuch , Vol. 55, 1980, pp. 46–51. ( e-periodica.ch )
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for August Gremli at the IPNI
- August Gremli (Schaffhausen City Archives)
proof
- ^ "History of the Wangental" , Kurt Bächtold, Schaffhauser Mappe 1993
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gremli, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss physicians and botanists |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kreuzlingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 1899 |
| Place of death | Kreuzlingen |