Bernard Borggreve

Bernard Robert August Borggreve

Bernard Robert August Borggreve (also: Bernhard Borggreve ; * July 6, 1836 in Magdeburg ; † April 5, 1914 in Bendorf ) was a German forest scientist , zoologist and botanist .

Life

Bernard Borggreve studied at the Eberswalde Forest Academy , then also forest science at the University of Greifswald and the University of Bonn . In 1864 he became head of the forest administration of the Hohenlohe family in Silesia . From 1866 he was a lecturer at the Agricultural Academy in Bonn-Poppelsdorf.

With the founding of the Royal Prussian Academy of Forestry Hannoversch Munden by William I , he received a reputation as a professor of zoology, particularly ornithology and entomology , the new Forest Academy in Hannoversch Munden . The subject area included "the entire field of botany and zoology, in general natural history as an auxiliary science". Since Borggreve wanted to deal not only with zoology, but also with forest botany, he was temporarily active as a chief forester and returned in 1879 as professor for zoology and botany at the forest academy Hann. Münden and even became its director. Borggreve retired in 1891 and was chief forester in Wiesbaden until his retirement in 1905.

Borggreve became internationally known for his research on plenter thinning . He was initially co-editor and later editor of the Forstlichen Blätter . In the Berlin district of Reinickendorf was Borggreve street named after him.

Fonts

• The European bird species viewed from the point of view of their distribution across northern Germany , dissertation, Kiel 1869 (in print under the title Die Vogel-Fauna von Norddeutschland , Kiel 1869)
• The bird fauna of Northern Germany. A critical examination of the European bird species from the point of view of their distribution over northern Germany , Berlin 1869
• Haide and forest. Special studies and general conclusions about the formation and maintenance of so-called natural forms of vegetation and plant communities for botanists etc. , Berlin 1875
• The forestry yield theory, especially the so-called forest statics Prof. Dr. Gustav Heyer's for their scientific nullity and economic danger. Studies on the basic conditions and ultimate goals of forestry , forest science questions of the day, (Book 1), Bonn 1878
• The legal regulation of the field and forest police. A word for clarification and understanding about this issue of the day , Leipzig 1880
• The timber growing. A plan for teaching and business , Berlin 1885 (2nd edition 1891)
• The forest estimate. A plan of the forest yield regulation and forest value calculation , Berlin 1888
• The distribution and economic importance of the more important forest tree species within Germany , research on German regional and folklore (Issue 3.1), Stuttgart 1888
• The question of the protection of birds about their previous development and true meaning. With special regard to the attempts to solve them through imperial legislation and international agreements , (2nd edition), Leipzig 1888
• Guide to visiting the Mündener Lehrforstreviere , Langensalza 1890
• Damage to the forest in the Upper Silesian industrial district after its emergence from smelter, insect damage, etc. A justification for industry against serious false accusations , Frankfurt am Main 1895

Borggreve also edited the updated editions of Georg Ludwig Hartig's famous textbook for foresters and those who want to become one (1871 and 1875).

literature

• Richard B. Hilf:  Borggreve, Bernard Robert. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 462 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Werner Christian Scholtes: Life and Work of Bernard Robert August Borggreve (1836-1914) . Thesis. Göttingen 1982, 184 (IV) S. (detailed presentation based on scientific criteria, but not published in print)
• Werner Christian Scholtes: Bernard Robert August Borggreve in: Biographies of important Hessian forest people . Georg-Ludwig-Hartig-Stiftung & JD Sauerländer, Wiesbaden and Frankfurt am Main 1990. ISBN 3-7939-0780-5 , pp. 43–58 (very detailed description of the life and work of Borggreve based on the diploma thesis)
• Zoltán Rozsnyay, Frank Kropp: Bernard Robert August Borggreve , in this .: Lower Saxony Forest Biography. A source volume. From the forest (1998): Messages from the Lower Saxony State Forest Administration (Issue 51). Lower Saxony Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forests (MELF), Wolfenbüttel 1998. pp. 84–91 (brief biographical summary, but with an extensive list of Borggreve's writings)

Web links

• Information from the "Institute for Forest Zoology and Forest Protection"