August Schenk

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August Schenk

August Joseph Schenk (born April 17, 1815 in Hallein , † March 30, 1891 in Leipzig ) was a German botanist and paleontologist ( paleobotanist ). Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Schenk ".

Life

His father was the then Bavarian saltworks chief inspector in Hallein and later general administrator of the mining and saltworks of Bavaria and treasurer of King Maximilian Friedrich von Schenk , his grandfather the statesman Heinrich von Schenk . August Schenk studied natural sciences and medicine in Munich and was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD. He continued his education by studying botany in Erlangen, Vienna and Berlin, and in 1841 he qualified as a private lecturer in botany at the Medical Faculty in Würzburg, where he also became an associate professor of botany in 1844. He was appointed full professor of biology in 1849 at the Faculty of Cameralism that existed until 1858. In 1856 Schenk moved to the Philosophical Faculty. From 1851 he was director of the Würzburg Botanical Garden. In 1868 he followed a call to the University of Leipzig , where he also directed the Botanical Garden . In 1887 he retired. He was an honorary member of the natural research society in Bamberg and was elected a member of the Leopoldina in 1852 . Since 1869 he was a full member of the Royal Saxon Society of Sciences .

Honors

After him the plant genus is Schenkia Griseb. named from the gentian family (Gentianaceae).

Fonts

  • Diagnoses molluscorum terrestrium et fluviatilium circa Monachium indigenorum , Dissertatio Inauguralis, Typis Joanni Antonii Giesser, Monachii 1838 google books
  • Flora of the surroundings of Würzburg. List of phanerogamous vascular plants found around Würzburg. A contribution to the flora of Bavaria. GJ Manz, Regensburg 1848 Archives
  • About the occurrence of contractile cells in the plant kingdom (Würzb. 1858)
  • Algological messages (in the "Negotiations of the Physical-Medical Society of Würzburg", Vol. 8 and 9)
  • The Botanical Garden of the University of Würzburg , Verlag der Stahel'schen Buch- und Kunsthandlung, Würzburg 1860 google books
  • Contributions to the flora of the pre-world (Kassel 1863)
  • Contributions to the flora of the Keuper and the Raetian formation (Bamb. 1864, with 8 plates)
  • with Johann Lukas Schönlein : Images of fossil plants from the Keuper Franconia , CW Kreidel's Verlag, Wiesbaden 1865
  • The fossil flora of the boundary layers of the Keuper and Lias Franconia (Wiesb. 1865–67, with 45 plates)
  • The fossil flora of the northwest German Wealdenformation (Kassel 1871, with 22 plates)
  • Plants from the coal formation and Jura plants from China (in Richthofen's “China”, vol. 4, 1882).
  • For the "Flora brasiliensis" of the German botanist and naturalist Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius he worked on the Alströmeriaceen, for Count Széchényi the fossil plants collected on his trip (1883)
  • Co-editor: "Handbuch der Botanik" (Bresl. 1879–86, 3 vols. Special reprinted therefrom: Die fossil Pflanzenreste, 1888)
  • With Christian Luerssen , he published the "communications from the entire field of botany" (Leipz., 1871–75).
  • He has also been involved in the publication of Zittel's “Handbuch der Paläontologie” since Schimper's death.

literature

  • Oscar Drude : Obituary August Schenk. In: Reports of the German Botanical Society, IX, Stuttgart 1892, pp. 15–26 digitized
  • Klaus-Peter Kelber and Martin Okrusch : The geological exploration and mapping of the Würzburg city area from the beginning to 1925. In: Mainfränkische Hefte, 105, 71–115; Würzburg 2006
  • Ernst Wunschmann:  Schenk, August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, pp. 749-751.
  • Honorary members of the natural research society in Bamberg, status May 1860. In: Fifth report of the natural research society in Bamberg, Reindl, Bamberg 1861 p. V-VI archive
  • Thomas Sauer, Ralf Vollmuth : Letters from members of the Würzburg medical faculty in the estate of Anton Ruland. Sources on the history of medicine in the 19th century with short biographies. In: Würzburg medical history reports. Volume 9, 1991, pp. 135-206; here: pp. 176–181.

Web links

References and comments

  1. ↑ Baptismal Register - TFBVIII | Hallein | Salzburg, rk. Diocese | Austria | Matricula Online. Retrieved December 11, 2019 .
  2. ^ List of members Leopoldina, August von Schenk
  3. ^ Members of the SAW: August Schenk. Saxon Academy of Sciences, accessed on November 25, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Schenk, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schenk, August Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist and paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Hallein
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1891
Place of death Leipzig