Camillo Schaufuss

Camillo Festivus Christian Schaufuss (born February 22, 1862 in Dresden , † January 9, 1944 in Meißen ) was a German entomologist and trader with an international reputation. As a scientific writer he was best known for his beetle books.

Camillo Schaufuss

Schaufuss first appeared as director of the natural history museum created by his father Ludwig Wilhelm Schaufuss (which presented around 80,000 objects; 90% of the exhibits were insects from all over the world) and as president of the Reich Association of German Animal Welfare Associations .

Life

As a 15-year-old, Camillo Schaufuss helped his father catalog insects , snails and other animal exhibits . He was born with Marie Maun from Großenhain who died after five years of marriage. At the age of 26 he wrote his first scientific work "Catalogus synonymicus Pselaphidarum adhuc descriptarum". In 1887 he moved the "Ludwig Salvator" museum founded by his father from Dresden to Meissen . He was unable to hold the provisional museum in Meißen for long due to lack of money and gave the extensive collection away to the universities in Berlin , Leipzig and Freiberg . In 1902 he married the second time and had three children. He was a member of the Meissen Masonic Lodge at the Acacia .

Honoring Camillo Schaufuss in the United States of America

As a private scholar, owner of a publishing company (for scientific teaching aids) and non-fiction author, he followed in his father's footsteps. He was also a pioneer of scientific animal protection work , to which he devoted himself for over 40 years. During the time of National Socialism he was replaced as President of the German Animal Welfare Association . His animal welfare calendars played a pioneering role in science and education in Europe. For the animal lover and animal lover Schaufuss it was a pleasant duty to stand by all the members of the animal welfare associations on a voluntary basis until the end of his life.

Works (selection)

• Catalogus synonymicus Pselaphidarum adhuc descriptarum 1888.
• About animal occurrence in amber . In: Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, Vol. 36 (1891), Issue 1, pp. 53-64.
• Bark beetle studies . In: Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, Vol. 42 (1897), Issue 1 a. 2, pp. 101-112.
• Calwer's beetle book. Introduction to the knowledge of European beetles . E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1916.
• Animal welfare calendar (editor). Published by the Reichsverband der Deutschen Tierschutzvereine, eV

literature

• Thomas Schaufuß: Traces of known and unknown show feet: A journey through time through several centuries . Cardamina Verlag, November 2014, ISBN 978-3-8642420-14
• Thorsten Heese: … a local for art and antiquity - the institutionalization of collecting using the example of Osnabrück's museum history. Dissertation to obtain the academic degree Doctor philosophiae (Dr. phil.) Submitted to the Philosophical Faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Defended on July 4, 2002. - Misrepresentation in Thorsten Heese's dissertation (see literature), Chapter 4.4.3.2., P. 436 ff
• Insect Exchange, Volume 7, No. 15 from August 1, 1890.
• The nature . Organ of the "German Humboldt Association", 40th year, No. 17 from April 25, 1891.
• Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, vol. 36 (1891), issue 1, page 213ff.
• Schaufuss, Dr. LW: Nunquam otiosus. Zoological communications . Vol. III, 1879.
• “Association of Friends of Nature in Greiz”, self-published, April 11, 1926.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Legacies in the Meißner city archive.