Bastian Schmid

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Bastian Schmid (* 29. December 1870 in Weihmichl ; † 25. June 1944 in Munich ) was a German in Munich-Solln resident behavioral scientist , educator, university lecturer, editor of scientific book series and magazines as well as author of numerous animal books.

Bastian Schmid on the book Encounters with Animals , around 1938

Life, place of residence and family

Schmid began his career as an educator, published on philosophical topics and graduated as Dr. phil . In 1900 he was a senior secondary school teacher in Bautzen and was already active as a journalist. Around 1905 he was a senior teacher at the Realgymnasium in Zwickau and had acquired the title of professor. He turned increasingly to the pedagogy of the natural sciences and psychology and published numerous works, magazines, didactic course instructions for both teachers and students. As a geologist, he published a textbook on geology around 1905.

However, Schmid was more well-known as an animal psychologist and the author of numerous popular science books on animals that deal primarily with instinct, behavior and the possible psychological life of animals. Some books had multiple editions and continued to be reprinted after his death. He was also the editor of several scientific journals, such as Natur, the journal of the German Natural Science Society, as well as book series and author of scientific articles in specialist journals and academic textbooks.

Bastian Schmid's villa in Solln, where he kept wild animals for his research

Probably before 1903, he bought the villa of the court opera singer Kaspar Bausewein , built in the style of the German neo-renaissance , at Natalienstrasse (today Buchauerstrasse) 20 in Munich-Solln after his farewell to the opera and moving to Tegernsee. Schmid, however, did not live in Munich until around 1919. In the garden property that was still undeveloped at the time, he kept over 500 animals, u. a. Monkeys, anteaters, jackdaws, storks, wolves and lambs. After his death, his daughter, the choreographer Senta Maria , added a ballet school with a studio stage to the house around 1958, which was later demolished. Bastian Schmid is at the Solln cemetery together with his wife Friederike, geb. Hörburger (1872–1942) and his daughter are buried in the family grave. In 1953, Bastian-Schmid-Platz in Solln was named after him.

Publications (selection)

  • Bernhard Landsberg, Otto Schmeil , Bastian Schmid: Nature and School: Journal for the entire natural history teaching of all schools , publishing house BG Teubner, Leipzig and Berlin 1902
  • Textbook of mineralogy and geology for higher educational institutions . I u. Part II. Verlag JF Schreiber, Esslingen and Munich 1905 (first edition) to approx. 1915 (third edition)
  • Philosophical reader. For use in secondary schools and for self-study . Publishing house BG Teubner, Leipzig 1906
  • Science Teaching and Scientific Education for Science Teacher Candidates: A Book for Science Teachers of All Schools , 1907
  • Handbook of natural history technology for teachers and science students . Publisher BG Teubner, Leipzig 1914
  • Biological internship for secondary schools , BG Teubner publishing house, Leipzig and Berlin 1914
  • Nature. Half-monthly publication for all nature lovers . 1914-1920. Organ of the German and German-Austrian scientific society. Edited by Professor Dr. Bastian Schmid. Verlag Theod. Thomas, Leipzig 1914
  • Volk, Karl G .: Geological hiking book. A companion for traveling schoolchildren and young nature lovers (second part) in: Prof. Dr. Bastian Schmid's scientific library Series A: For mature pupils, students and nature lovers; Publisher BG Teubner, Leipzig and Berlin 1915.
  • German science, technology and invention in the world war. Edited by Professor Dr. Bastian Schmid, Verlag Otto Nemnich, Munich and Leipzig 1919 ( digitized version )
  • The animal in its games . with ill. by CO Petersen, German Natural Science Society, Verlag Theodor Thomas, Leipzig 1919
  • From the tasks of animal psychology , Verlag Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1921
  • Love and marriage in the animal kingdom . with ill. by A. Achleitner, Verlag Theodor Thomas, 1921
  • The mammals: with special consideration of their organization and way of life , Pestalozzi Verlag, 1922
  • Outline of mineralogy and geology. For higher educational establishments & for self-teaching . JF Schreiber publishing house, Esslingen 1922
  • The language and other forms of expression of animals , Verlag Rösl & Cie., Munich 1923
  • The birds, presented with special consideration of their organization and way of life , in Das Naturreich , Verlag Pestalozzi, 1924
  • The soul life of the animals , Rikola Verlag, Vienna and Leipzig 1926, up to issue 95 The soul of the animals , Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1951
  • General natural history - (animal kingdom, plant kingdom and mineral kingdom) for home and school , Verlag Hesse and Becker, Stuttgart 1926
  • From the world of the animal - A book from the soul of the other , Verlag Otto Salle, Berlin 1930
  • Society and state among animals - From the community life of animals (Kosmosbändchen, no. 141), Kosmos Ges. Der Naturfreunde, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1935
  • On the ability of wood mice to return home (Mus sylvaticus L.) , in: Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology 23, 1936, pp. 592-604
  • Encounter with animals , Knorr & Hierth Verlag, 1938
  • On the psychology of our pets. Frankfurt am Main (= Frankfurt books. Research and teaching. Volume 4).
  • Das Tierkinderbuch , Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1952

literature

  • Andreas W. Daum : Science popularization in the 19th century. Civil culture, scientific education and the German public 1848–1914 . 2nd, supplementary edition, Oldenbourg, Munich 2002, ISBN 978-3-486-56551-5 .
  • Dorle Gribl : Solln and the Prince Ludwigshöhe . Villas and their residents. Volk Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-86222-043-4 , chap. 40 Bastian Schmid, p. 117-119 .

Web links

Commons : Bastian Schmid  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Die Auslese, Vol. 15, p.15, 1941
  2. ^ Annual report Realgymnasium Zwickau, Easter 1908; page 1
  3. ↑ cf. Mention as co-editor: New year books for classical antiquity, history and German literature and for education; Volume 5, Edition 10, pp. Vi and p. 576. Leipzig 1902
  4. ^ Reports of the German Botanical Society, Volume 23, 1905, p. 24 .
  5. ↑ indicator B.Schmids Natural Sciences student library, 1911 .
  6. ↑ Biological internship for secondary schools, 1914, cf. p. 83 .
  7. ↑ Zentralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 1905, p. 344 .
  8. ^ Andreas W. Daum: Science popularization in the 19th century. Civil culture, scientific education and the German public 1848–1914 . Oldenbourg, Munich 2002, p. 59, 372, 390, 509 .
  9. ↑ Ingrid Sand: Sollner booklet 26 .
  10. ^ WHO is WHO in the Arts 1978, p. 229 .
  11. ↑ (From the 9th year 1917/18 the magazine was called: Natur. Illustrated bi-monthly publication for nature lovers )
personal data
SURNAME Schmid, Bastian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German behavioral scientist and author
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Weihmichl
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 1944
Place of death Munich