August von Krempelhuber

Grave of August Krempelhuber on the old southern cemetery in Munich location

August von Krempelhuber (born September 14, 1813 in Munich ; † October 2, 1882 there ) was a German botanist who was particularly concerned with lichens ( lichenology ). Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Kremp. "

Life

He came from the noble Munich Krempelhuber family . August von Krempelhuber graduated from (today's) Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich in 1832 . He then studied forest science at the University of Munich . Afterwards he was a district forester in Mittenwald and from 1855 district forest council in Munich.

He collected lichens all over Europe (and also mosses during his time in Mittenwald) and studied their systematics. From 1861 he published the lichen flora of Bavaria. Later he dealt more with tropical species. His collection of 20,000 copies was bought by the University of Munich and is now part of the Botanical State Collection in Munich. He was an honorary doctor from the University of Munich.

He wrote a three-volume history of lichenology up to around 1870. In 1876 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

Krempelhuber spoke Greek, Latin, English, French, Italian and Swedish.

In Lerchenau , Krempelhuberplatz is named in honor of August von Krempelhuber.

tomb

The grave of August Krempelhuber is located in the old southern cemetery in Munich (grave field 6 - row 13 - place 36/37) location . 48.129166666667 11.565555555556

Fonts

History and literature of lichenology from the earliest times to the end of 1865 (or 1870) , 3 volumes, Munich, self-published 1867, 1869, 1872 ( digitized, volume 2, Die Lichen-Systeme und Lichen-Species 1869 ).

literature

Jan-Peter Frahm, Jens Eggers: Lexicon of German-speaking bryologists. Books on demand, Norderstedt 2001.

Individual evidence

^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vol., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 4, p. 2.
^ Member entry by August von Krempelhuber at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on October 19, 2015.

personal data
SURNAME	Krempelhuber, August von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German forester and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 14, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munich
DATE OF DEATH	October 2, 1882
Place of death	Munich

[1] Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vol., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 4, p. 2.

[2] Member entry by August von Krempelhuber at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on October 19, 2015.